Dr Alan Pike

Dr Alan Pike The University of Aberdeen School of Biological Sciences Dr Alan Pike Honorary Senior Lecturer

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Dr Alan Pike

Personal Details

Email: a.pike@abdn.ac.uk
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  • Link to Global Directory of Marine and Freshwater Professionals maintained by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)

http://www.oceanexpert.net/viewMemberRecord.php?&memberID=13743

  • Link to sea lice website:

http://www.ecoserve.ie/projects/sealice/

  • Search this website for images of sea lice (or salmon lice, if you prefer):

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/zooimages/index.html  

To show sea lice images enter the search term 'sea louse' into the box marked common name.

  • Link to the Journal of Fish Biology

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-1112&site=1




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Research Interests

I maintain an active interest in developments in sea lice biology on Atlantic salmon farms. My main areas of activity are:

  • Maintaining, with others, the Caligus website (see links for web address)
  • Writing a review on seal lice biology with Simon Wadsworth of EWOS Innovation, Norway
  • Writing a book on sea lice management for salmon farmers, in collaboration with Dr Simon Wadsworth

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Current Research

  • Researching sea lice problems in salmon farms

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Other Academic Interests

  • Language and presentational style editing for authors whose first language is not English

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Journal Editing

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Fish Biology and an Assistant Editor and proofreader

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Learned Societies

  • Member of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI)
  • Guest of Council, FSBI, website editor 
  • Member of Scottish Assocation for Marine Science (SAMS)

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Selected Publications

  • Pike, A.W. & Craig, J.F. Eds. (2008) Parasites as agents of selection in fishes: from genes to ecosystems. Special issue FSBI Symposium. Journal of Fish Biology, 73, 2083-2292.
  • Brickle, P., MacKenzie, K., & Pike, A. (2006) Variations in the parasite fauna of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898), with length, season, and depth of habitat around the Falkland Islands. Journal of Parasitology 92, 282-291.
  • Brickle, P., MacKenzie, K., & Pike, A. (2005) Parasites of the Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt 1898, in different parts of the Sub-antarctic. Polar Biology 28, 663-671.
  • Genna, R.L., Mordue, W., Pike, A.W., Mordue (Luntz), A.J. (2005) Light intensity, salinity, and host velocity influence presettlement intensity and distribution on hosts by copepodids of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62, 2675-2682.
  • Mordue (Luntz), A.J. & Pike, A.W. (2002) Salmon farming: towards an integrated pest management strategy for sea lice. Pest Management Science, 58, 513-514.
  • Mordue (Luntz), A.J. & Pike, A.W. Eds. (2002) Integrated pest management in salmon farming. Pest Management Science 58, 513-635.
  • Pike, A.W. & Wadsworth, S.L. (2000) Sealice on salmonids: their biology and control. Advances in Parasitology 44, 233-337.
  • Dawson, L.H.J., Pike, A.W., Houlihan, D.F., & McVicar, A.H. (1999) Changes in physiological parameters and feeding behaviour of Atlantic salmon Salmo salarLepeophtheirus salmonis L. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 35, 88-99.
  • Hull, M.Q., Pike, A.W., Mordue (Luntz), A.J., & Rae, G.H. (1998) Patterns of pair formation and mating in an ectoparasitic caligid copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer 1837): implications for its sensory and mating biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 353, 753-764.
  • Dawson, L.H.J., Pike, A.W., Houlihan, D.F., & McVicar, A.H. (1998) Effects of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis on sea trout Salmo trutta at different times after seawater transfer. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 33, 179-186.
  • Dawson, L.H.J., Pike, A.W., Houlihan, D.F., & McVicar, A.H. (1997) Comparison of the susceptibility of sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) to sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1837)) infections. ICES Journal of Marine Science 54, 1129-1139.
  • Pike, A.W. (1989) Sea Lice - major pathogens of farmed Atlantic salmon. Parasitology Today 5, 291-297.

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