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Why does the ocean sunfish bask?

Basking at the sea surface is a well known, but peculiar behavior of ocean sunfish (Mola mola). One of hypotheses for this behavior is parasite elimination. However, in oceanic regions, very little direct evidence exists for this form of interspecific communication. In pelagic waters of the North Pa...

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Autores principales: Abe, Takuzo, Sekiguchi, Keiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3460849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23060968
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.20376

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