Transmission dynamics of parasitic sea lice from farm to wild salmon

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Krkošek, Martin, Lewis, Mark A, Volpe, John P
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2005
• Subjects: Research Article; Keta; Pacific; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1602048; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15870031; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.3027

Marine salmon farming has been correlated with parasitic sea lice infestations and concurrent declines of wild salmonids. Here, we report a quantitative analysis of how a single salmon farm altered the natural transmission dynamics of sea lice to juvenile Pacific salmon. We studied infections of sea...