Artificial reefs act as cleaning stations in temperate waters

Kurt N. Krispyn; James H. Florisson; James R. Tweedley

doi:10.1071/PC25049

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Artificial reefs act as cleaning stations in temperate waters

Kurt N. Krispyn ^A , James H. Florisson ^B and James R. Tweedley

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^A Environmental and Conservation Sciences and Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

^B Recfishwest, 3/45 Northside Drive, Hillarys, WA 6025, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: j.tweedley@murdoch.edu.au

Handling Editor: Karissa Lear

Pacific Conservation Biology 31, PC25049 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC25049

Submitted: 2 July 2025 Accepted: 27 August 2025 Published: 23 September 2025

© 2025 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Keywords: behaviour, cleaning symbiosis, client, ectoparasites, enhancement, facultative cleaner, fish, habitat, Labridae, mutualism, posing, symbiosis.

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