Cleaning by the occasional cleaner Diplodus argenteus (Perciformes: Sparidae) in south Brazil: Why so few client species?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1013-1016

  Krajewski, João Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANER FISH; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; REEF;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIPLODUS ARGENTEUS; PERCIFORMES; SPARIDAE;

EID: 34547539156     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055981     Document Type: Article

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