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- Title
Reef sharks clean up with a novel inshore mutualistic interaction.
- Authors
Wheeler, S.; Robbins, W. D.; McIllwain, J.
- Abstract
The article examines the clean up of grey reef sharks by Labroides dimidiatus blue-streak cleaner wrasse and Thalassoma lunare moon wrasse at a lagoonal Turbinaria coral bommie. It mentions that many sharks encircle the area surrounding the cleaning fish station. It notes the vertical posture adopted by the sharks in cleaning interactions. It also emphasizes that the use of such station by the sharks is facilitated by water depth and high current flow.
- Subjects
SILKY shark; LABROIDES dimidiatus; THALASSOMA; WRASSES; CORALS; CORAL reefs &; islands
- Publication
Coral Reefs, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 4, p1089
- ISSN
0722-4028
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00338-013-1068-3