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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
Volume 67, Issue 12, Pages 2045-2051Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/F10-121
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- Salmon Coast Research Station
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [A6869]
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The swimming endurance of naturally and experimentally infected juvenile pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) was measured to determine the effects of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). Salmon naturally infected with adult male and preadult stage lice did not appear to have a reduced swim performance, but when experimentally infected with adult female lice, juvenile salmon showed a reduced ability to swim compared with uninfected control fish, and this effect increased with lice load. A reduced swimming endurance is not only likely to influence predation risk for salmon, but may have other ecological implications, such as slower seaward migration.
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