Enhanced colonization success and competition associated with conspecifics in cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus juveniles

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1169-1176

  Grutter, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleaning behaviour; Competition; Cooperation; Coral reef ecology; Intraspecific interactions; Settlement processes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; CLEANER FISH; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; COLONIZATION; CONSPECIFIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; PISCES;

EID: 84869185226     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0942-8     Document Type: Article

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