Citation: Tully, O. 1989 The succession of generations and growth of the caligid copepods Caligus elongatus and Lepeophtheirus salmonis parasitising farmed Atlantic salmon smolts (Salmo salar L.). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 69: 279-287
Number of Pages: 9
Volume Part: 2
Keywords: Aquaculture, Copepoda, Crustacea, Disease, Fauna, Fish, Galway, Marine, Parasite, Pisces, Salmon
Abstract: This paper provides data on parasitic intensity, prevalence, temperature effects on generation times and on individual growth and fecundity of the caligid copepods Caligus elongatus and Lepeophtheirus salmonis on farmed salmon in inner Betraghboy Bay, Connemara, Co. Galway. The study reported that population growth and succession of copepod generations were allowed to proceed naturally and were followed through both a summer and winter period.