Spatiotemporal variation and feeding selectivity in the diet of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 346-355

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIGIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030992750     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447754     Document Type: Article

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