Cleaning behavior is riskier and less profitable than an alternative strategy for a facultative cleaner fish

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-94

  White, J W ^a   Grigsby, C J ^a   Warner, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative strategy; Cleaning symbiosis; Elacatinus; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CLEANER FISH; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELACATINUS; ELACATINUS EVELYNAE; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA EVELYNAE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS;

EID: 33947643088     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0161-2     Document Type: Article

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