The ultimate effect of being cleaned: Does ectoparasite removal have reproductive consequences for damselfish clients?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 892-896

  Cheney, Karen L ^a   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaning behavior; Elacatinus spp.; Gnathiidae; Gobiosoma spp.; Reproductive success; Stegastes diencaeus

Indexed keywords

CLEANER FISH; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

CHROMIS CHROMIS; ELACATINUS; GNATHIIDAE; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA; GOBIOSOMA GENIE; ISOPODA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; STEGASTES; STEGASTES DIENCAEUS;

EID: 1642465401     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg079     Document Type: Article

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