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041	0		_aeng
100	1		_aGrutter, Alexandra S. _9147741
245	1	0	_aRelationship between cleaning rates and ectoparasite loads in coral reef fishes / Alexandra S. Grutter
264		1	_c2007
300			_a8 páginas
520			_aABSTRACT: Individuals from 11 fish species were followed and the number of times and duration that fish were inspected by the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus were recorded around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The frequency and duration of inspection were positively correlated with the mean parasite load and mean surface area of the 11 fish species. Surface area, however, explained slightly more of the variation in inspection frequency and duration among species than did ectoparasite load. This suggests surface area may be useful for predicting the cleaning rates of fish species. When the frequency and duration of inspection were corrected for mean surface area and mean ectoparasite load, differences among fish species disappeared. Observations of 3 size classes from l fish species, Hemigymnus melapterus, revealed that larger fish, which have more parasites, were inspected more often and for longer periods than smaller fish with fewer parasites. The fact that fish with more parasites are cleaned more suggests that parasites play an important role in fish cleaning interactions.
650		4	_aEctoparasitos _9118448
650		4	_aCoral Reefs _9147744
650		4	_aBehaviour _9147420
650		4	_aFish _9130097
650		4	_aLabroides Dimidiatus _9147745
773	0		_tMarine Ecology Progress Series _x0171-8630 _gv. 118 (1995) _w234895
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