Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada's West Coast

Michael H. H. Price; Stan L. Proboszcz; Rick D. Routledge; Allen S. Gottesfeld; Craig Orr; John D. Reynolds

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016851

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Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada's West Coast

Michael H. H. Price ,

* E-mail: pricem@uvic.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Sidney, Canada
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Stan L. Proboszcz,

Affiliation Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Coquitlam, Canada
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Rick D. Routledge,

Affiliation Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Allen S. Gottesfeld,

Affiliation Skeena Fisheries Commission, Hazelton, Canada
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Craig Orr,

Affiliation Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Coquitlam, Canada
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John D. Reynolds

Affiliation Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada's West Coast

Michael H. H. Price,
Stan L. Proboszcz,
Rick D. Routledge,
Allen S. Gottesfeld,
Craig Orr,
John D. Reynolds

Published: February 9, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016851

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Posted by tideliner on 17 Feb 2011 at 18:20 GMT

If i could give a zero rating i would. In order to conclude anything from this paper; there must be genetic analyses of not only the sockeye salmon but most importantly the parasites in question. Without this there is no case for causality.

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