Assessing the physiological impact of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis krØyer) on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
The objective of this thesis was to investigate the physiological changes that sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) cause in Atlantic salmon (Salmo solar). Sea lice are parasitic copepods that naturally infect salmonids in low numbers across the Northern Hemisphere with infrequent epizootics. The i...
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Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15145 |