Sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon

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Sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on an out-migrating juvenile salmon collected in the waters surrounding the Discovery Islands and Broughton Archipelago on the northeastern side of Vancouver Island, the area where sea lice from the study (and their hosts) were obtained.

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Hakai Institute

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