2006-08-13 10:43:15 · 3 answers · asked by babyphatj14 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
look up this link http://www.fau.edu/safe/sea-lice.html
2006-08-13 10:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by emilybelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea lice is the common term used for one group of parasitic caligid copepods which occur naturally on fish world-wide
Copepods are crustaceans found in both marine and freshwater environments. Most are planktonic, while others are found living in the sediments. Some species are specialised to live as parasites, on or in host organisms at some stage in the lifecycle, although one or more stages are free-living as plankton in the water, usually during the early stages of development. Under intensive salmon farming conditions where fish are kept in close proximity, sea lice numbers can increase rapidly and cause serious problems as a result of the opportunistic response of lice to the high density of available hosts. While low numbers of sea lice cause only minimal damage to the host, high numbers can result in severe effects and even death of the host fish.
(More info at the site listed below)
2006-08-13 17:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silly rabbit, everyone knows that its lice that comes from the sea!!!
2006-08-13 17:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by Markoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋