Turtle cleaners: Reef fishes foraging on epibionts of sea turtles in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic, with a summary of this association type

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-192

  Sazima, Cristina ^a   Grossman, Alice ^b   Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b All Angle Images Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cheloniidae; Cleaning symbiosis; Foraging association; Tropical Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; PISCES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953666414     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252010005000003     Document Type: Article

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