Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are cleaned and followed by reef fishes at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeast Brazil. During foraging, turtles are cleaned by damselfishes (Abudefduf saxatilis and Stegastes rocasensis), and followed by juvenile wrasses (Thalassoma noronhanum and Halichoeres radiatus).
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1 December 2006
Cleaning Symbiosis Between Hawksbill Turtles and Reef Fishes at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off Northeast Brazil
Alice Grossman,
Cristina Sazima,
Cláudio Bellini,
Ivan Sazima
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Chelonian Conservation and Biology
Vol. 5 • No. 2
December 2006
Vol. 5 • No. 2
December 2006