Delousing efficiency of farmed ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) against Lepeophtheirus salmonis infecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) post-smolts

BACKGROUND: Cleaner-fish (wrasse, Labridae) are increasingly deployed within the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) industry as a biological control against sea-lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer). Two tank-based trials were performed to test the effect of farmed ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta Ascan...

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Published in:Pest Management Science
Main Authors: Leclercq, Eric, Davie, Andrew, Migaud, Herve
Other Authors: Technology Strategy Board, Institute of Aquaculture, orcid:0000-0002-9524-618X, orcid:0000-0002-5404-7512
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
Subjects:
farmed ballan wrasse
sea-lice
Atlantic salmon
functional predator response
delousing
biological control
Ballan
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22030
https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3692
http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/22030/1/Leclercq_et_al-2014-Pest_Management_Science.pdf

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