Long-term effects of the cleaner fish labroides dimidiatus on coral reef fish communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Waldie, Peter A ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^a   Cheney, Karen L ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHURIDAE; ARTICLE; CLEANER FISH; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; NONHUMAN; POMACENTRIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BIOTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; LABRIDAE; LABROIDES; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959599724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021201     Document Type: Article

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