Ectoparasites increase swimming costs in a coral reef fish

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Binning, Sandra A ^a   Roche, Dominique G ^a   Layton, Cayne ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Critical swimming speed; Drag; Isopod; Metabolic rate; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CORAL REEF; DRAG; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; ISOPOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PERCIFORM; SWIMMING;

ANILOCRA; ANTHOZOA; ISOPODA; PISCES; SCOLOPSIS BILINEATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOPODA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOPODA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORMES; QUEENSLAND; SWIMMING;

EID: 84872031215     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0927     Document Type: Article

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