Sea louse infection of juvenile sockeye salmon in relation to marine salmon farms on Canada's west coast.

<h4>Background</h4>Pathogens are growing threats to wildlife. The rapid growth of marine salmon farms over the past two decades has increased host abundance for pathogenic sea lice in coastal waters, and wild juvenile salmon swimming past farms are frequently infected with lice. Here we...

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Main Authors: Michael H H Price, Stan L Proboszcz, Rick D Routledge, Allen S Gottesfeld, Craig Orr, John D Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21347456/?tool=EBI