Oceanic sharks clean at coastal seamount.
Interactions between pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) and cleaner wrasse were investigated at a seamount in the Philippines. Cleaning associations between sharks and teleosts are poorly understood, but the observable interactions seen at this site may explain why these mainly oceanic shar...
Main Authors: | Simon P Oliver, Nigel E Hussey, John R Turner, Alison J Beckett |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-03-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3056710?pdf=render |
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