Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus are the two common species of sealice
responsible for serious disease problems in salmonid aquaculture. L. salmonis in particular …

Studies of the biology of sea lice have been conducted from various perspectives for two
decades. For Lepeophtheirus spp., most of the published literature has centred on the …

Marine salmon farming has been correlated with parasitic sea lice infestations and
concurrent declines of wild salmonids. Here, we report a quantitative analysis of how a …

Abstract In Northern Europe and Canada, the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis
(Krøyer), seriously affects the marine phase of salmon production. Although the problem is …

The continued expansion of aquaculture–in a wide range of environments and of a growing
number of species has lead to increasing demands on aquatic resources. These demands …

Egg strings of salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837), collected from farmed
and wild Atlantic salmon had similar length and number of eggs string− 1. Egg production …

Toxic compounds may interfere with the genetic constitution of populations, either directly
through mutagenic activity, or indirectly via population-mediated processes (ie selection …

Arthropod parasites of fish have been recorded since the time of Aristotle (300 BC). He
noted that parasitic isopods (almost certainly cymothoids) were common on the fins of fishes …

Adult and mobile preadult sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis were incubated with mucus
samples from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), coho salmon (O. kisutch), Atlantic …

Abstract The copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer is a specific ectoparasite of North
Atlantic and Pacific salmonids in their marine phases. We compared infestations of L …