Algal Growth on Beaks of Live Parrotfishes

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Title:	Algal Growth on Beaks of Live Parrotfishes
Author:	Tsuda, Roy T; Larson, Helen K; Lujan, Rufo J
Date:	1972-01
Publisher:	University of Hawai’i Press
Citation:	Tsuda RT, Larson HK, Lujan RJ. 1972. Algal growth on beaks of live parrotfishes. Pac Sci 26(1): 20-23.
Abstract:	ABSTRACT: The algal flora on the beaks of certain parrotfishes is described. No host-specific relationship exists between the algae and fishes. A direct correlation between the length of the algae and the size of the fish is present. The exposed dentition of the parrotfish merely provides another type of substratum on which algae grow.
ISSN:	0030-8870
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/375
LC Subject Headings:	Parrotfishes