Relationship between roving behaviour and the diet and client composition of the cleaner fish Labroides bicolor

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 210-219

  Oates, J ^a   Manica, A ^a   Bshary, R ^b   Grutter, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cheating; Co operation; Coral reefs; Mucus; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PERCIFORMES;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS NIGROFUSCUS; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CHROMIS MARGARITIFER; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS; LABROIDES BICOLOR; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE; STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 84863312561     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03330.x     Document Type: Article

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