Dynamics of dissolved oxygen inside salmon seacages with lice shielding skirts at two hydrographically different sites

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: KE Jónsdóttir, Z Volent, JA Alfredsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2020
• Subjects: Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; SH1-691; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Norway; Soløya; Atlantic salmon; Northern Norway; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00384; https://doaj.org/article/a893ed9c57424742b10eac9cd1784ca2

Shielding skirts are widely used as a non-invasive preventive measure against salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in sea-cages. Low levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) are reported from some sites, but not others. This disparity is usually explained by local v...