Aquaculture Environment Interactions | |
Effect of ectoparasite infestation density and life‑history stages on the swimming performance of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar | |
M. Remen1  T. Dempster1  F. Oppedal1  S. Bui1  | |
关键词: Salmonid; Salmon louse; Critical swimming speed; Swim flume; Copepod; Exposed aquaculture; | |
DOI : 10.3354/aei00184 | |
学科分类:生物科学(综合) | |
来源: Inter-Research | |
【 摘 要 】
ABSTRACT: To overcome sustainability obstacles and improve operations, the Atlantic salmon farming industry is testing novel approaches to production. Redistributing farm sites to offshore locations is one such solution; however, tolerance to high-current velocity sites must be considered, particularly if fish health status is compromised by parasites. We tested the effect of parasite density and life-history stage on the swimming performance of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar using a swim flume. Salmon with 3 different salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis densities (0, 0.02 ± 0.01 and 0.11 ± 0.01 lice cm-2 [mean ± SE]) were tested across the 4 major life-history stages of lice (copepodid, chalimus, pre-adult and adult) for critical swimming performance (Ucrit). Salmon Ucrit declined slightly by a mean of 0.04 to 0.10 body lengths s-1 with high parasite densities compared to uninfested and low densities, across the lice stages, while progression through the parasite life-history stages had little effect on swimming performance. Our results suggest that increasing infestation density of salmon lice incurs negative fitness consequences for farmed Atlantic salmon held in high-current velocity sites, with little difference in costs associated with attachment by different life-history stages of the lice.
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