Space-time cluster analysis of sea lice infestation (Caligus clemensi and Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on wild juvenile Pacific salmon in the Broughton Archipelago of Canada

• Main Authors: Patanasatienkul, T, Sanchez, J, Rees, E E, Pfeiffer, D U, Revie, C W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9099/; https://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9099/1/9099.pdf

Sea lice infestation levels on wild chum and pink salmon in the Broughton Archipelago region are known to vary spatially and temporally; however, the locations of areas associated with a high infestation level had not been investigated yet. In the present study, the multivariate spatial scan statist...