The effects of water quality on the growth of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)

• Main Author: Amber Christina Monroe 1992-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Hólum
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Fiskeldis- og fiskalíffræði; Hrognkelsi; Eldisfiskur; Lýs; Aquaculture and fish biology; Lumpfish; Biological lice; Water quality; Laxa; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/45868

Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) are of economic value as a biological lice control of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in sea cages, reducing or eliminating the need for chemical or mechanical treatments for sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Caligus elongatus). Lumpfish aquaculture production is still i...