Differential infestation of juvenile Pacific salmon by parasitic sea lice in British Columbia, Canada

• Main Authors: Brookson, Cole B., Krkošek, Martin, Hunt, Brian P.V., Johnson, Brett T., Rogers, Luke A., Godwin, Sean C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2020
• Subjects: Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Sockeye; Keta; Fraser River; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/103018; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0160

Fraser River Pacific salmon have declined in recent decades, possibly from parasitism by sea lice (Caligus clemensi and Lepeophtheirus salmonis). We describe the abundance of both louse species infesting co-migrating juvenile pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), chum (Oncorhynchus keta), and sockeye (Onco...