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Coexistence: Symbiotic Sharing of Feeding Territories and Algal Food by Some Coral Reef Fishes from the Western Indian Ocean

Location
AMERICAN SAMOA
Author(s)
Robertson, D R.
Polunin, N C.
Publisher
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Zoology Department
Publication Year:
1981
Publication Place
Republic of Panama|Great Britian
Physical Description:
11 pp; figures; tables
Call Number
VF 41407
Language
English
Record ID:
18903
Legacy PEIN ID:
58817
General Notes
Reef fishes are often involved in symbiotic relationships; some clean parasites from other fishes, while others live with sea anemones, sea urchins, sponges, corals, seawhips, and in the burrows of shrimps.
Location
AMERICAN SAMOA
Author(s)
Robertson, D R.
Polunin, N C.
Publisher
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Zoology Department
Publication Year:
1981
Publication Place
Republic of Panama|Great Britian
Physical Description:
11 pp; figures; tables
Call Number
VF 41407
Language
English
Record ID:
18903
Legacy PEIN ID:
58817
General Notes
Reef fishes are often involved in symbiotic relationships; some clean parasites from other fishes, while others live with sea anemones, sea urchins, sponges, corals, seawhips, and in the burrows of shrimps.
Record Created: 31-Aug-2001
Record Modified: 18-Dec-2020