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Temperate facultative cleaner wrasses selectively remove ectoparasites from their client-fish in the Azores

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dc.contributor.authorNarvaez, Pauline
dc.contributor.authorFurtado, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Ana I.
dc.contributor.authorMoniz, Isadora
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, José M. N.
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Marta S. C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-25T13:03:13Z
dc.date.available2020-11-27T01:30:09Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractCleaner fishes are key contributors to the health of fish communities. However, much of the information in the literature refers to tropical systems, while fewer studies have examined the activity of cleaner fish inhabiting temperate ecosystems. Facultative cleaner fish are assumed to clean only during their juvenile phase, and have a broader diet than obligatory cleaner fish. Here, we focused on 2 facultative cleaner fish species, Coris julis and Thalassoma pavo, that live along the temperate coasts of the Azorean island of São Miguel. We found that these species focused their cleaning activities on relatively few species of clients, which supports the general idea that facultative cleaner fishes in temperate waters are less dependent on cleaning interactions than obligatory cleaner fishes in tropical waters. Both cleaner species were found to give more bites per host when inspecting larger clients, likely because the latter typically host more parasites. We found that C. julis consumed a greater diversity of food items, which included gnathiid larvae and fewer caligid copepods, compared to T. pavo where no ectoparasites were found. All cleaner fish that we collected after observations of cleaning had eaten gnathiid isopod larvae but not caligid copepods, even though caligid copepods were the most abundant ectoparasite found on the body of 7 selected fish species (including both client and non-client species), suggesting that both species selectively feed on gnathiid isopods. This study is the first to demonstrate that temperate facultative cleaner fish species actively and selectively inspect and remove ectoparasites from their client-fish species.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, grant PTDC/MAR/105276/2008. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) COMPETE - Operational Competitiveness Programme. FCT - Foundation for Science and Techno - project PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2011.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationNarvaez, P., Furtado, M., Neto, A.I., Moniz, I., Azevedo, J.M.N. & Soares, M.C. (2015). Temperate facultative cleaner wrasses selectively remove ectoparasites from their client-fish in the Azores. "Marine Ecology Progress Series", 540, 217-226. DOI:10.3354/meps11522pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3354/meps11522pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1616-1599
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4172
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherInter Researchpt_PT
dc.relationThe marine cleaning mutualism between the Indo-Pacific cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) and its client reef fish: the physiological bases of cooperative and deceptive behaviour
dc.relationStrategic Project - LA 15 - 2011-2012
dc.subjectTemperate Ecosystemsen
dc.subjectCleaning Mutualismsen
dc.subjectFacultative Cleaner Fishen
dc.subjectCoris julispt_PT
dc.subjectThalassoma pavopt_PT
dc.subjectStomach Contentsen
dc.subjectEctoparasitesen
dc.titleTemperate facultative cleaner wrasses selectively remove ectoparasites from their client-fish in the Azoresen
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleThe marine cleaning mutualism between the Indo-Pacific cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) and its client reef fish: the physiological bases of cooperative and deceptive behaviour
oaire.awardTitleStrategic Project - LA 15 - 2011-2012
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/PTDC%2FMAR%2F105276%2F2008/PT
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6820 - DCRRNI ID/PEst-C%2FMAR%2FLA0015%2F2011/PT
oaire.citation.endPage226pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage217pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMarine Ecology Progress Seriesen
oaire.citation.volume540pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream3599-PPCDT
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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