Temporal variation in cleanerfish and client behaviour: Does it reflect ectoparasite availability?

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 487-499

  Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Molloy, Philip P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANER FISH; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; ELACATINUS; ELACATINUS EVELYNAE; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA GENIE; ISOPODA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 0037632197     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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