Cleaner host posing behavior of whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) in a swarm of hyperiid amphipods

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 363-

  Whitney, N M ^a   Motta, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOST; REEF; SHARK;

AMPHIPODA; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CHONDRICHTHYES; HYPERIIDAE; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

EID: 42549094217     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0345-4     Document Type: Article

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