Do cleaning stations affect the distribution of territorial reef fishes?

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Whiteman, Elizabeth A ^a   Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Reynolds, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaning gobies; Cleaning symbioses; Damselfish; Habitat selection; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CLEANER FISH; CORAL REEF; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; ELACATINUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA GENIE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; PISCES; STEGASTES PARTITUS; STEGASTES PLANIFRONS;

EID: 0036927330     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-002-0241-x     Document Type: Article

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