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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Echeneid-sirenian associations, with information on sharksucker diet
Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 63, No. 5, Year 2003
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Description
Association of the sharksucker Echeneis naucrates and whitefin sharksucker E. neucratoides with the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus and the dugong Dugong dugon is presented and discussed. Alimentary tract-content analysis and field observations suggest that coprophagy (feeding on host faecal material) may be the primary food source for echeneids associated with sirenian hosts. © 2003 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
Authors & Co-Authors
Williams, Ernest H.
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Mignucci-Giannoni, A. A.
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Bunkley-Williams, Lucy
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Bonde, Robert K.
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Self-Sullivan, Caryn
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Preen, A.
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Cockcroft, Victor G.
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Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00236.x
ISSN:
00221112
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Approach
Qualitative