Effect of the removal of cleaner fish on the abundance and species composition of reef fish

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleaner fish; Cleaning symbiosis; Coral reef fish abundance; Fish behavior; Labroides dimidiatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLEANER FISH; CLEANING BEHAVIOUR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; REEF FISH;

LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 0030617152     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050217     Document Type: Article

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