Experimental demonstration of no effect by the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) on the host fish Pomacentrus moluccensis (Bleeker)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 285-298

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleaning symbiosis; Coral reef fish; Ectoparasites; Fish behavior; Great Barrier Reef; Labroides dimidiatus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FISH; NONHUMAN; SYMBIOSIS;

LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; POMACENTRUS MOLUCCENSIS;

CLEANER WRASSE; CLEANING BEHAVIOUR; ECTOPARASITE; ECTOPARASITES; HOST FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; REEF FISH;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, LIZARD ISLAND; CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, LIZARD ISLAND;

EID: 0030088535     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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