Relationships in Mangroves
A predator is an organism that does the killing. A prey is an organism that is killed. A predator in a mangrove is saltwater crocodile, jabiru, flamingo, and sea snake. A prey in a mangrove is crustaceans, fish, turtles, snakes, lizards, birds, and mollusks. A mutualism is the relationship in which both species benefit. A mutualism in a mangrove is lichen growing on a mangrove tree. Lichen is made up of fungus and algae. The fungus gets food from the photosynthesising algae and the algae gets a place to live. Parasitism is a relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it. An example of parasitism is mistletoe growing on a mangrove tree. The mistletoe grows into the tree bark and takes some of the food from the mangrove tree. The mangrove tree loses some of its food and is therefore harmed. A commensalism is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed. A commensalism in a mangrove is an oyster and a mangrove pneumatophore. The oyster has a solid base to live and the mangrove is not harmed. A competition is the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources. A competition in a mangrove is the flamingo and the jabiru. They both eat fish, crab, and mollusk.
A predator is an organism that does the killing. A prey is an organism that is killed. A predator in a mangrove is saltwater crocodile, jabiru, flamingo, and sea snake. A prey in a mangrove is crustaceans, fish, turtles, snakes, lizards, birds, and mollusks. A mutualism is the relationship in which both species benefit. A mutualism in a mangrove is lichen growing on a mangrove tree. Lichen is made up of fungus and algae. The fungus gets food from the photosynthesising algae and the algae gets a place to live. Parasitism is a relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it. An example of parasitism is mistletoe growing on a mangrove tree. The mistletoe grows into the tree bark and takes some of the food from the mangrove tree. The mangrove tree loses some of its food and is therefore harmed. A commensalism is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed. A commensalism in a mangrove is an oyster and a mangrove pneumatophore. The oyster has a solid base to live and the mangrove is not harmed. A competition is the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources. A competition in a mangrove is the flamingo and the jabiru. They both eat fish, crab, and mollusk.