Subject: environmental / Journal: Oecologia / Publication Year: 2009 / Subject: Annelida and commensalism

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Author:: Lee, Ju Hyung; Kim, Tae Won; Choe, Jae Chun
Source:: Oecologia 2009 v.159 no.1 pp. 217-224
ISSN:: 0029-8549
Subject:: environmental factors, etc ; parasites; hosts; space and time; mutualism; mortality; exoskeleton; design for environment; gills; crayfish; Annelida; commensalism; fouling; Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:: ... A growing body of evidence suggests that the costs and benefits involved in cleaning interactions can vary over space and time depending on the environmental conditions. However, whether the same cleaners actually induce variable net outcomes in terms of host fitness remains unclear to date. Branchiobdellid annelids are generally regarded as commensals or rarely parasites of their freshwater crayf ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s00442-008-1195-7
PubMed:: 18987897
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1195-7