The Infection Dynamics of Sea Lice on Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) in Cobscook Bay, Maine, USA

• Main Author: Frederick, Catherine Anne
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2018
• Subjects: Aquaculture and Fisheries; Parasitology; Canada; Norway; Landing The; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar; Copepods
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3018; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/4086/viewcontent/Frederick_Catherine_Final_11.8.18.pdf

Sea lice (Lepeophtheirus and Caligus spp) are parasitic copepods that infect the external surfaces of fish hosts. Salmon lice (L. salmonis) outbreaks are commonly reported by operations in Canada, Norway, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States and are a primary concern in aquaculture because of th...