Feeding ecology of the fish ectoparasite Gnathia sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, and its implications for fish cleaning behaviour

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 259, Issue , 2003, Pages 295-302

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleaner fish; Feeding behaviour; Fish; Gnathiidae; Isopoda; Labridae; Parasites

Indexed keywords

CLEANING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

CRUSTACEA; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; HEMIGYMNUS MELAPTERUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LABRIDAE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 0141925402     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps259295     Document Type: Article

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