Compensatory cleaner-seeking behavior following spawning in female yellowtail damselfish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 296, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Sikkel, Paul C ^a,d   Herzlieb, Steven E ^b   Kramer, Donald L ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Barbados)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Coral reef fish; Diel activity cycles; Ectoparasite; Pomacentridae; Spawning; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING;

ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; MICROSPATHODON CHRYSURUS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 23744490474     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps296001     Document Type: Article

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