Long-term effects of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on coral reef fish communities.

Cleaning behaviour is deemed a mutualism, however the benefit of cleaning interactions to client individuals is unknown. Furthermore, mechanisms that may shift fish community structure in the presence of cleaning organisms are unclear. Here we show that on patch reefs (61-285 m²) which had all clean...

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Main Authors: Peter A Waldie, Simon P Blomberg, Karen L Cheney, Anne W Goldizen, Alexandra S Grutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21731670/pdf/?tool=EBI