Harte, Anna J.Bowman, Alan S.Salama, Nabeil K.G.Pert, Campbell C.2018-03-222018-03-222017Harte, A J, Bowman, A S, Salama, N K G & Pert, C C 2017, 'Factors influencing the long-term dynamics of larval sea lice density at east and west coast locations in Scotland', Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 123, no. 3, pp. 181-192 . https://doi.org/10.3354/dao030950177-5103http://hdl.handle.net/2164/10209Acknowledgements We thank the skipper and crew of the ‘Temora’ (Jim Brown and Paul MacDonald) as well as the willing volunteers who participate on the Stonehaven sampling rota as part of the Scottish Government project ST03p. We also thank Eileen Bresnan for the original idea of using the samples to analyse sea lice dynamics, Zoe Allcock for advice on the statistical analysis, Jim Raffell for assistance with the Shieldaig samples, Marine Harvest for providing west coast temperature data and Catherine Collins for guidance with the molecular identification. We recognise the valuable feedback provided by the 2 anonymous reviewers.12492287engSDG 14 - Life Below Watersea liceScotlandenvironmental parametersCaligus elongatusLepeophtheirus salmonisQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.3354/dao030951233