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A cleaning station is a location where aquatic life congregate to be cleaned by smaller beings. Such stations exist in both freshwater and marine environments, and are used by animals including fish, sea turtles and hippos.
Cleaning symbiosis is a mutually beneficial association between individuals of two species, where one (the cleaner) removes and eats parasites and other materials from the surface of the other (the client). Cleaning symbiosis is well-known among marine fish, where some small species of cleaner fish, notably wrasses but also species in other ...
The tables, one handicapped accessible, feature water, electricity, drains and a cooler nearby to dispose of waste. Three more cleaning tables are planned for the Lampe location at the foot of ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed] ). Many ...
With 1,100 linear feet of space, the pier also provides covered platforms for protection from the elements, a fish-cleaning table, and some of the best angling in the state.
The false cleanerfish primarily lives in coral reef margins among the cleaning stations of the bluestreak cleaner wrasse ( Labroides dimidiatus ), [2] and are usually seen near locations of one or more L. dimidiatus. [6] With its territory primarily overlapping with its model fish, the false cleanerfish mimics both the appearance and occasionally the behavior of said fish. Though A. taeniatus ...
Cleaner fish. Cleaner fish are fish that show a specialist feeding strategy [1] by providing a service to other species, referred to as clients, [2] by removing dead skin, ectoparasites, and infected tissue from the surface or gill chambers. [2] This example of cleaning symbiosis represents mutualism and cooperation behaviour, [3] an ecological ...
A fixed hydraulic structure, the flume is used to measure volumetric flow rate in industrial discharges, municipal sewer lines, and influent/effluent flows in wastewater treatment plants. The Parshall flume accelerates flow through a contraction of both the parallel sidewalls and a drop in the floor at the flume throat.
Sawhorse. Diagram of a sawhorse. A folding sawhorse. In woodworking, a saw-horse or sawhorse (saw-buck, trestle, buck) [1] is a trestle structure used to support a board or plank for sawing. A pair of sawhorses can support a plank, forming a scaffold. [2] In certain circles, it is also known as a mule and a short sawhorse is known as a pony.
English: Example of cleaning symbiosis: Bluestreak cleaner wrasse ( Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning the gills of an elongate surgeonfish ( Acanthurus mata ). Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium, Spain.