Farmed salmonids drive the abundance, ecology and evolution of parasitic salmon lice in Norway
Tim Dempster, Kathy Overton, Samantha Bui, LH Stien, Frode Oppedal, Ørjan Karlsen, Andrew Coates, BL Phillips, LT Barrett
Abstract
Industrial aquaculture is a relatively modern phenomenon Once present, the high density of hosts within farms facilitates rapid pathogen propagation, and as a result, severe outbreaks have occurred for almost all fish species cultured in open systems
Topics & Concepts
AquacultureDomesticationBiologyFish farmingAbundance (ecology)EcologyOutbreakFisheryStock (firearms)OverexploitationAgricultureInvertebrateFish <Actinopterygii>GeographyArchaeologyVirologyParasite Biology and Host InteractionsFish Ecology and Management StudiesAquaculture disease management and microbiota