News tagged with sea louse
Genome provides new weapon against sea lice
An international team of researchers has now sequenced nearly the entire genetic material of the sea louse. On 1 March the Institute of Marine Research gave the world open access to this research source, which ...
May 29, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue
(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (14) |
3
Study Reveals Genetic Secrets Of Pacific Sea Louse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sea lice found in the Pacific Ocean are very different genetically from sea lice in the Atlantic Ocean, a study team co-led by a University of Victoria researcher has found.
Apr 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Search results for sea louse
Much to gain by optimizing delousing
New research shows that the efficacy of delousing efforts is greatly affected by the materials used in constructing a well boat’s tank for mixing the delousing agent. This knowledge has now led to improvements ...
May 28, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Jumping fish to save the salmon industry millions of dollars: new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have shown for the first time that salmon can be artificially stimulated to leap through water, opening the door to effective sea lice treatment, an infection that costs the global industry more ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Lice from farmed salmon imperil wild salmon, new study confirms
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the impacts of lice on wild salmon published today by an independent team of academic researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) confirmed what many previous ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Key discovery made in war on sea lice infestations
University of Maine researchers have published a paper in which they demonstrate that the blue mussel can eat larvae of the sea louse, a parasitic pest that has recently made a comeback on fish farms, decimating populations ...
Apr 28, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Surprising results in the first genome sequencing of a crustacean
There are many different kinds of crustaceans, ranging from the shellfish Swedish people eat at traditional crayfish parties every August to tiny relatives found in their millions in both freshwater and saltwater. ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
|
Wild salmon decline was not caused by sea lice from farm salmon: study
A new UC Davis study contradicts earlier reports that salmon farms were responsible for the 2002 population crash of wild pink salmon in the Broughton Archipelago of western Canada.
Dec 13, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (7) |
4
|
Ocean Fish Farming Harms Wild Fish, Study Says
Farming of fish in ocean cages is fundamentally harmful to wild fish, according to an essay in this week's Conservation Biology.
Biology /
Dec 15, 2008 |
3.6 / 5 (5) |
0
List of search results for sea louse
