Long-term cleaner fish presence affects growth of a coral reef fish

Cleaning behaviour is considered to be a classical example of mutualism. However, no studies, to our knowledge, have measured the benefits to clients in terms of growth. In the longest experimental study of its kind, over an 8 year period, cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus were consistently removed...

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Main Authors: Clague, Gillian E., Cheney, Karen L., Goldizen, Anne W., McCormick, Mark I., Waldie, Peter A., Grutter, Alexandra S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2011
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Animal Behaviour
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210676/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21733872
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0458
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