Fish farms, parasites, and predators: implications for salmon population dynamics

• Main Authors: Hilborn, Ray, Ford, Jennifer S., Peacock, Stephanie, Dill, Lawrence M., Morton, Alexandra, Krkosek, Martin, Connors, Brendan, Lewis, Mark A., Volpe, John P., Mages, Paul, Ford, Helen
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Population dynamics; Fish farms; Sea lice; Predation; Salmon; Parasites; Behaviors; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/69d751bd-71e3-42b9-ab8d-817ac2fae8fb; https://doi.org/10.7939/R35T3G34W

For some salmon populations, the individual and population effects of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) transmission from sea cage salmon farms is probably mediated by predation, which is a primary natural source of mortality of juvenile salmon. We examined how sea lice infestation affects predatio...