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Prevalence and intensity of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infection on juvenile pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the Bering Sea - September 2002

Trudel, M.; Farley, E.V.; Wing, B.L.; Welch, D.W.

Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1107: i-iv, 1-19

2002


Accession: 011192532

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In this report, we present data on the prevalence and intensity of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infection on pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) caught in the Eastern Bering Sea. Approximately 25% of the 284 juvenile pink salmon examined were infected with 1-6 sea lice, with a mean intensity of 1.5 sea lice per infected fish. The abundance of sea lice averaged 0.36 per fish.

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