The costs of cohabiting: the case of sharksuckers (Echeneis naucrates) and their hosts at shark provisioning sites

Ecology. 2020 Dec;101(12):e03160. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3160. Epub 2020 Nov 14.

Authors

Juerg M Brunnschweiler¹, Thomas M Vignaud², Isabelle M Côté³, Aleksandra Maljković⁴

Affiliations

¹ Independent Researcher, Gladbachstrasse 60, Zurich, 8044, Switzerland.
² Independent Researcher, Residence TANZI, Apt 18, Racket Road, Grand Baie, 30549, Mauritius.
³ Earth to Ocean Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
⁴ Independent Researcher, 34 Evesham Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 2AB, UK.

PMID: 32799316
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3160

No abstract available

Keywords: Fiji; Shark Reef Marine Reserve; behavior; bull shark; direct observation; echeneid-host interaction.

MeSH terms

Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources
Perciformes*
Sharks*