• A metapopulation model reveals connectivity-driven hotspots in treatment resistance evolution in a marine parasite 

      Coates, Andrew; Robinson, Nicholas Andrew; Dempster, Tim; Samsing, Francisca; Johnsen, Ingrid Askeland; Phillips, Ben L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In salmon aquaculture, the sustainable management of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is limited by the adaptive capacity of the parasite. This is evident in the repeated evolution of pesticide resistance in the salmon ...
    • Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture 

      Robinson, Nicholas Andrew; Robledo, Diego; Sveen, Lene; Daniels, Rose Ruiz; Krasnov, Aleksei; Coates, Andrew; Jin, Ye Hwa; Barrett, Luke T.; Lillehammer, Marie; Kettunen, Anne Helena; Phillips, Ben L.; Dempster, Tim; Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea; Samsing, Francisca; Difford, Gareth Frank; Salisbury, Sarah; Gjerde, Bjarne; Haugen, John-Erik; Burgerhout, Erik; Dagnachew, Binyam Sime; Kurian, Dominic; Fast, Mark D.; Rye, Morten; Salazar, Marcela; Bron, James E.; Monaghan, Sean J.; Jacq, Celeste; Birkett, Mike; Browman, Howard I.; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Fields, David M.; Selander, Erik; Bui, Samantha; Sonesson, Anna Kristina; Skugor, Stanko; Østbye, Tone-Kari K; Houston, Ross D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that exploit genetic variation in host resistance ...
    • Evolutionary predictions for a parasite metapopulation: Modelling salmon louse resistance to pest controls in aquaculture 

      Coates, Andrew; Robinson, Nicholas Andrew; Dempster, Tim; Johnsen, Ingrid Askeland; Phillips, Ben L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Pests often evolve resistance to pest controls used in agriculture and aquaculture. The rate of pest adaptation is influenced by the type of control, the selective pressure it imposes, and the gene flow between farms. By ...
    • Farmed salmonids drive the abundance, ecology and evolution of parasitic salmon lice in Norway 

      Dempster, Tim; Overton, Kathy; Bui, Samantha; Stien, Lars Helge; Oppedal, Frode; Karlsen, Ørjan; Coates, Andrew; Phillips, B. L.; Barrett, Luke T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sea cage fish farming is typically open to the environment, with disease transmission possible between farmed and wild hosts. In salmonid aquaculture, salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations cause production ...
    • Parasite management in aquaculture exerts selection on salmon louse behaviour 

      Coates, Andrew; Johnsen, Ingrid Askeland; Dempster, Timothy David; Phillips, Ben (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The evolution of pest resistance to management strategies is a major challenge for farmed systems. Mitigating the effects of pest adaptation requires identifying the selective pressures imposed by these strategies. In ...