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    of symbiosis; mutualism‚ parasitism‚ and commensalism. Mutualism is when both sides benefit from the symbiosis for example “The fungi penetrate the roots of the plants and make soil nutrients‚ such as nitrogen‚ available to the plants receiving carbohydrates in return” (Symbiosis 1). When one side benefits and the other side is harmed in the process of symbiosis it is called parasitism. For example parasites may feed off a plant but give it a disease at the same time. Commensalism is when one side

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    4.2: Niches and Community Interactions Article I. The Niche: What is a niche? Section I.1 Tolerance (a) Tolerance: the ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances (b) Habitat: the general place where an organism lives Section I.2 Defining the Niche (a) Niche: describes not only what an organisms does‚ but also how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors in the environment (b) A niche is the range of physical and biological conditions in which a specie

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    ways in which food chains can be interlinked to form a food web. If one member of the food web is affected‚ this will in turn affect other food chains in the web. Commensalism In ecology‚ commensalism is a class of relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits without affecting the other. It compares with mutualism‚ in which both organisms benefit‚ and parasitism‚ when one benefits while the other is harmed. Example: *Shark and Remora* The remora attaches itself to the

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    different types of symbiotic relationships. There are 3 types of symbiotic relationships. One type of symbiotic relationships is Mutualism. Mutualism is when two organisms work together while both of them benefit from each other. An example of mutualism is the clownfish

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    of life. Ecological succession can change a community by making exponential changes to the ecosystem over time‚ symbiotic relationships are important in maintaining a stable ecosystem because they provide competition‚ parasitism‚ mutualism‚ and commensalism to have balanced populations‚ and the impact of a change in the food web would be drastic to the ecosystem because one change can and will alter the life of every animal in the ecosystem. Ecological Succession is predictable changes

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    Interactions between biotic components 3 types of symbiosis i) commensalism - epizoics and epiphytes ii) parasitism iii) mutualism Commensalism - interaction between one organism (commensal) benefits and the other (host) neither benefits nor harmed Epizoics - animals which live as commensals on the outside of other animals Epiphytes - plants which grow on the surface of other plants to obtain sunlight and air (do not absorb food) A shark and remora fish. The remora fish attaches itself

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    Section 1 1. Define mutualism and commensalism. Mutualism- Both are benefited Commensalism- One benefits the other doesn’t care. 2. Give examples of mutualism. Oxpeckers (a type of bird) and Zebras‚ the Oxpecker picks ticks and parasites off of the Zebra. The oxpecker gets food and the Zebra gets pest control. 3. Explain why most parasites do not kill their host. Why is it in their own best interest to keep their host alive? If a parasite kills its host the parasite will most likely die too Section

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    of relationship between organisms can be divided into two 1)Positive interaction-which is beneficial to one or both partners. These include a) commensalism b)proto co-operation c) mutualism 2)Negative interaction-which is harmful to one or more of the participants. These include a)competition b)predation c)parasitism d)amensalism and e)antibiosis MUTUALISM-is an association between two or more organisms in which all is mutually benefited without any harm. It can be between plants and animals‚ different

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    are three types of symbiotic relationships that include; commensalism‚ parasitism‚ and mutualism. Along with the symbiotic relationships there are also two types of competitions; interspecific and intraspecific competition. Competition is when two organisms fight for the same limited resources. Commensalism is when there are two different organisms and one organism gets benefits without harming the other. One example of commensalism is between a Florida red belly turtle and the American Alligator

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    Vienna Ai Marie C. Valleser BS Bio August 2‚ 2013 Animal Systematics (ZOOL102) A Literature Review on Symbiotic Relationship between Clownfish and Sea Anemones Symbiosis is a close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species. It comes from the ancient Greek words syn meaning “together” or “with” and vios meaning “life” (ODZ). Symbiosis is fundamentally classified as ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis. Ectosymbiosis or exosymbiosis is a type of symbiotic relationship

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