DOI: 10.5061/dryad.52023km
title: Data from: Cleaner personality and client identity have joint consequences on cleaning interaction dynamics

description: Mutualistic interactions involve two species beneficially cooperating, but
 it is not clear how these interactions are maintained. In many mutualisms,
 one species interacts with multiple species, and since partners differ in
 terms of the commodities they trade, partner identity will directly
 influence the decisions and behaviors of interacting individuals. Here, we
 investigated the consequences of within and between-species diversity on a
 model cleaner-client interaction in a natural environment, by quantifying
 the behavior of both partners. We found that the predominant Caribbean
 cleaner fish, the sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae), shows personality
 variation as we documented repeatable individual differences in activity,
 boldness and exploratory behaviors. Personality variation was associated
 with cleaner-client interactions: cleaner boldness and activity were
 significantly related to posing by clients and cleaning, respectively.
 Cleaner personality variation was also associated with the functional
 identity (sociality, mobility, body size and trophic level) of clients
 posing and being cleaned. We thus demonstrate that partner identity can
 have consequences on mutualistic outcomes which will contribute to the
 context-dependency and highly heterogeneous patterns we observe at a
 population level. We also suggest that within and between-species
 differences have consequences on partner choice, a feature that has been
 previously thought to be absent from these cleaner-client interactions.
description: Is personality variation
 associated with cleaner-client interactions?CSV field data file used
 to determine whether personality variation is associated with
 cleaner-client interactions. File contains mean activity, boldness and
 exploration scores for each cleaner fish (identified by ID) and their mean
 cleaning and posing frequencies, and cleaning and posing rates. The
 diversity of clients posed and cleaned represents Shannon's diversity
 value of clients posed/cleaned across observations. Two observers
 collected this data.BEHECO Mean personality
 GLM.csvDo cleaners show
 personality variation?CSV field data file used
 to determine whether individual cleaners differ in their activity,
 boldness and exploration scores. Data file also contains cleaner-client
 interaction data for each observation.BEHECO Observation level
 personality GLMM.csvCleaning: Is cleaner
 personality variation associated with client traits?CSV field data file
 listing all clients cleaned across study and the activity, boldness and
 exploration scores of the cleaner involved in the interaction. Client
 species are identified by their mobility, sociality, size and trophic
 level.BEHECO_Clients_cleaned.csvPosing: Is cleaner personality variation associated with client traits?CSV field data file listing all clients posing for cleaners across study and the activity, boldness and exploration scores of the cleaner involved in the interaction. Client species are identified by their mobility, sociality, size and trophic level.BEHECO_Clients_posed.csv