Infestations of wild adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) by the ectoparasitic copepod sea louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis Kroyer: prevalence, intensity and the spatial distribution of males and females on the host fish

• Main Authors: Todd, C D, Walker, A M, Hoyle, J E, Northcott, S J, Walker, A F, Ritchie, M G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; infestation; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES; FARMED SALMONIDS; FRESH-WATER; TRUTTA L; CALIGIDAE; LICE; POPULATIONS; ABUNDANCE; PATTERNS; SCOTLAND; Firth of Tay; Pacific; Tay; North Atlantic; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/be7c7f50-350f-44a4-8567-bcebc0c57a34; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004031318505; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033821837&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis Kroyer is a specific ectoparasite of North Atlantic and Pacific salmonids in their marine phases. We compared infestations of L. salmonis on wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) captured in estuarine (Firth of Tay, east Scotland; 1995, 1996) and marine coastal wa...