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“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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Publish date: January 7, 2009
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The Institute of Marine Research has created a numerical model for calculating the spread of salmon lice. Salmon lice spread during the first three stages of the louse’s life cycle, before the copepodite becomes parasitic and has to attach itself to a host to survive. The salmon louse’s potential for spreading is therefore a function of current, wind and the time it takes for the louse to pass from the free-swimming planktonic phase to the immobile parasitic phase.The time it takes before the parasitic phase begins is highly dependent on water temperature. In general, colder temperatures will lead to slower development (Jonson et al., 1991a) and a greater potential for spreading over longer distances.
At 8°C it will take approximately 4.5 days from hatching until the salmon louse is infectious, after which they can be infectious for up to 23 days. For 12°C, the corresponding figures are approx. 2.5 and 13 days (Boxaspen, K. et al., 2000). That is, at 8°C the salmon louse can spread for almost a month, whereas at 12°C the potential spreading period is cut in half. Given the typical current speeds in Western Norwegian fjord areas, this means that the salmon louse can be carried several hundred kilometres from where it hatched and still be capable of infesting salmon (Asplin, L. et al., 2002).
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