Predicting the Potential for Natural Recovery of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Populations following the Introduction of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea).

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Scott J Denholm, Andrew S Hoyle, Andrew P Shinn, Giuseppe Paladini, Nick G H Taylor, Rachel A Norman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Neva; Norway; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169168; https://doaj.org/article/5ac5b5b53cf748fa86006943eb06d8fa

Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) is a notifiable freshwater pathogen responsible for causing catastrophic damage to wild Atlantic salmon stocks, most notably in Norway. In some strains of Baltic salmon (e.g., from the river Neva) however, the impact is greatly reduced due to some fo...