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Do cleaning organisms reduce the stress response of client reef fish?

dc.contributor.authorBshary, Redouan
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, R. F.
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, T.
dc.contributor.authorCanario, Adelino V. M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-09T10:48:19Z
dc.date.available2014-05-09T10:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2007-10-18
dc.date.updated2014-05-07T11:16:00Z
dc.description.abstractMarine cleaning interactions in which cleaner fish or shrimps remove parasites from visiting 'client' reef fish are a textbook example of mutualism. However, there is yet no conclusive evidence that cleaning organisms significantly improve the health of their clients. We tested the stress response of wild caught individuals of two client species, Chromis dimidiata and Pseudanthias squamipinnis, that had either access to a cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus, or to cleaner shrimps Stenopus hispidus and Periclimenes longicarpus, or no access to cleaning organisms. For both client species, we found an association between the presence of cleaner organisms and a reduction in the short term stress response of client fish to capture, transport and one hour confinement in small aquaria, as measured with cortisol levels. It is conceivable that individuals who are more easily stressed than others pay a fitness cost in the long run. Thus, our data suggest that marine cleaning mutualisms are indeed mutualistic. More generally, measures of stress responses or basal levels may provide a useful tool to assess the impact of interspecific interactions on the partner species.por
dc.identifier.citationBshary, Redouan; Oliveira, Rui F; Oliveira, Tânia SF; Canário, Adelino VM. Do cleaning organisms reduce the stress response of client reef fish?, Frontiers in Zoology, 4, 1, 21-21, 2007.por
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-21
dc.identifier.issn1742-9994
dc.identifier.otherAUT: ACA00258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3824
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherBioMed Centralpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/pdf/1742-9994-4-21.pdfpor
dc.titleDo cleaning organisms reduce the stress response of client reef fish?por
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage8por
oaire.citation.issue21por
oaire.citation.startPage1por
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Zoologypor
oaire.citation.volume4por
person.familyNameCanario
person.givenNameAdelino
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person.identifier.ciencia-id1F1E-D3B3-F804
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6244-6468
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