BIOL 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Espeletia, Photoperiodism, Cetomimiformes
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Questions on the articles, you"ll have to choose 2. Possible she puts in t/f or short answer. Commensalism one party benefits and the other is unaffected. Aquatic insects do not drown, s pitcher provides habitat. Midge larvae feed on insect carcasses at early stage of decomposition. Mosquito larvae feed at later stages of decomposition on broken-up parts so they"re unaffected. Skipped it cause she did it last class. Phoresy: one animal uses another for transport: ex. Inquilinism: one organisms provides shelter or habitat for another, without being damaged: moss on trees, many bacteria on us. Metabiosis: one organism provides for another after death: ex. Maggots on dead animals, hermit crabs on gastropod shells: organism that uses the shell is benefiting, the one that is providing the shell well can"t be much more inconvenienced. Different from mutualism and commensalism because there is no direct/intimate relationship between species. One species benefits, the other either benefits, or, more often, is not affected.
