Table 1 Effects of water temperature and high or low lice group on 1-penten-3-ol, 1-octen-3-ol and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one mucosal expression levels during salmon lice infection.

From: Variation in volatile organic compounds in Atlantic salmon mucus is associated with resistance to salmon lice infection

Water temperature

5 °C

10 °C

17 °C

Significant Water temperature

Significance lice group

R2

Lice group**

Low Lice

High Lice

Low Lice

High Lice

Low Lice

High Lice

Loge(1-penten-3-ol)***

10.8a ± 0.5

12.6be ± 0.6

8.56c ± 0.5

10.3abf ± 0.6

11.2ab ± 0.7

12.7be ± 0.6

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

0.52

Loge (1-octen-3-ol)***

10.6a ± 0.3

12.4c ± 0.3

11.7b ± 0.3

12.8c ± 0.3

11.3ab ± 0.3

12.4c ± 0.3

P < 0.05

P < 0.001

0.99

Loge(6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one)***

11.1a ± 0.2

13.0c ± 0.2

12.2b ± 0.2

13.1c ± 0.2

12.1b ± 0.2

13.5c ± 0.2

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

0.63

  1. *Different superscripts within row differ significantly at P < 0.05,** High and low lice groups correspond to the two highest and two lowest ranked fish within each tank replicated in each temperature treatment, ** VOC measured as integrated GC peak area, standard errors of estimates given after estimates ±.
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