Access to Cleaning Services Alters Fish Physiology Under Parasite Infection and Ocean Acidification.

ABSTRACT: Cleaning symbioses are key mutualistic interactions where cleaners remove ectoparasites and tissues from client fishes. Such interactions elicit beneficial effects on clients' ecophysiology, with cascading effects on fish diversity and abundance. Ocean acidification (OA), resulting from increasing CO₂ concentrations, can affect the behavior of cleaner fishes making them less motivated to inspect their clients. This is especially important as gnathiid fish ectoparasites are tolerant to ocean acidification. Here, we investigated how access to cleaning services, performed by the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus, affect individual client's (damselfish, Pomacentrus amboinensis) aerobic metabolism in response to both experimental parasite infection and OA. Access to c

SUBMITTER: Paula JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213755 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature