This study is part of a larger cooperative project that involved the
dedicated work of many researchers, and for their assistance in the
field, we would like to acknowledge the following: N. Bernier, J. Camaj,
E. Deck , A. Forest, X. He, V.A. Heath, K. O’Hagan-Wang, J. Drown, J.W.
Heath, V.A. Heath and J. Smit We would like to thank Yellow Island
Aquaculture, Ltd. for their invaluable logistical, financial, and
technical support.
This study was funded by a Natural Science and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC) of Canada Strategic Partnership Grant, and an NSERC
Discovery Grant for the last author.