Interactions in Estuaries and Intertidal Zone

An interaction in which one organism benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

A relationship in which one organism benefits but the other

organism is harmed.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

It is when one organism eats another organism to obtain nutrients.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

Different species compete for space and food.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

It is a relationship in which both species benefit.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

What type of interaction occurs when different species compete for space and food?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

Which type of relationship benefits one organism while the other neither benefits nor is harmed?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

What is the term for a relationship in which both species benefit?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Predation

This is a example of Competition Interactions in Estuaries and Intertidal Zones.

• The red drum and

  blue crabs compete

  to consume

  periwinkles as food.

• The roundworms sap

  (benefits) the nutrients

  from the intestines of the

  fish (harmed).

• The bird feeds on the

  crocodile’s leftover meal

  bits, and the crocodile

  gets a free teeth cleaning.

• The barnacles are

  transported by the clams

  and the clams do not benefit

  and are not harmed.

This is a example of Predation Interactions in Estuaries and Intertidal Zones.

• The red drum and

  blue crabs compete

  to consume

  periwinkles as food.

• The roundworms sap

  (benefits) the nutrients

  from the intestines of the

  fish (harmed).

• The barnacles are

  transported by the clams

  and the clams do not benefit

  and are not harmed.

• The seagull

  (predator) eats the

  red drum (prey).