Blar i forfatter "Nilsen, Margrethe Kristine"
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Sampling strategies, distribution and concentration of planktonic salmon lice copepods in the Outer Hardangerfjord and the Altafjord
Nilsen, Margrethe Kristine (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-08-15)Salmon lice are parasitic copepods with three planktonic larvae stages, consisting of two nauplii stages and a copepodite stage. The parasite spread during these stages as plankton, and with the increased number of host represented by salmonid fish in aquaculture it is important to know the concentrations and ecology of the fee-living stages. Both Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus are ...