Predicting the potential for natural recovery of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.) populations following the introduction of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea)

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Denholm, SJ, Hoyle, AS, Shinn, AP, Paladini, G, Taylor, NGH, Norman, RA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Death rates; Fishes; Host-pathogen interactions; Immune response; Parasite evolution; Parasitic disease; Rivers; Salmon; Norway; Neva; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/87703e10-71cd-48e0-95f0-8aaa78819cb7; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169168; https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/ws/files/15259455/14529.pdf

Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) is a notifiable freshwater pathogen responsible for causing catastrophic damage to wild Atlantic salmon stocks, most notably in Norway. In some strains of Baltic salmon (e.g., from the river Neva) however, the impact is greatly reduced due to some fo...