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It works! Lumpfish can significantly lower sea lice infestation in large-scale salmon farming

To assess the efficacy of lumpfish grazing on attached sea lice on Atlantic salmon, six large-scale sea cages, (130 m circumference, 37,688 m(3) volume) each stocked with approximately 200,000 salmon 0+ smolts, were stocked with a 4, 6 and 8% density (8000, 12,000 and 16,000, respectively) of lumpfi...

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Autores principales: Imsland, Albert Kjartan Dagbjartarson, Hanssen, Anna, Nytrø, Ane Vigdisdatter, Reynolds, Patrick, Jonassen, Thor Magne, Hangstad, Thor Arne, Elvegård, Tor Anders, Urskog, Tonje Cecilie, Mikalsen, Bjørn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6176945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30177547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.036301