Cleaner fish, Labroides dimidiatus, diet preferences for different types of mucus and parasitic gnathiid isopods

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 583-588

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Bshary, Redouan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MPIV Seewiesen ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANER FISH; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; PERCIFORM;

CHLORURUS; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; ISOPODA; LABROIDES; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 7944237811     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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