Cleaner fish drives local fish diversity on coral reefs

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Murphy, Jan Maree ^a,c   Choat, J Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; LABROIDES; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 0037425603     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01393-3     Document Type: Article

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