Daily cleaning activity and diversity of clients of the barber goby, Elacatinus figaro, on rocky reefs in southeastern Brazil

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Sazima, Ivan ^a   Sazima, Cristina ^a,b   Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^a,c   Moura, Rodrigo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cleaning stations; Cleaning symbiosis; Feeding habits; Fish clients; Gobiidae; Planktivores; Western South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLEANER FISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033823374     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007655819374     Document Type: Article

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