Cleaning symbiosis between wrasses (Labridae) and lice infested salmon (Salmo salar) in mariculture

Epidemic infestation by the crustacean ectoparasitic salmon lice (Lepeophteirus salmonis) is a major problem in marine salmon farming. Cleaning symbiosis between different labrid species and lice infested salmon is described, and the possible application of this principle in full scale salmon farmin...

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Main Author: Bjordal, Åsmund
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ICES 1988
Subjects:
salmon lice
lakselus
mariculture
havbruk
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/104474
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Summary:Epidemic infestation by the crustacean ectoparasitic salmon lice (Lepeophteirus salmonis) is a major problem in marine salmon farming. Cleaning symbiosis between different labrid species and lice infested salmon is described, and the possible application of this principle in full scale salmon farming is discussed.

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