Cleaner Fish Labroides dimidiatus Presence Does Not Indirectly Affect Demersal Zooplankton

Cleaner Fish Labroides dimidiatus Presence Does Not Indirectly Affect Demersal Zooplankton

Coral reef mutualisms involve complex trophic ecological relationships that produce indirect effects. Excluding mutualistic cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus from reefs indirectly increases the abundance of many fishes and reduces demersal stages of their ectoparasitic prey (gnathiid isopods). Wheth...

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Main Authors: Alexandra S. Grutter, Natsumi Nishikawa, Julian Uribe-Palomino, Anthony J. Richardson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Pomacentridae
demersal zooplankton
mutualism
indirect effects
cleaning symbiosis
planktivorous fish
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.812989/full

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