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    This document contains a student's responses to assignment questions about ecological relationships in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. In the marine ecosystem example, the student describes the mutualism between algae and coral, and how the relationship shifts to competition when algae overgrow, requiring herbivory by parrotfish to restore balance. In terrestrial ecosystems, the student provides examples of competition between moose and deer over snails, and commensalism between whitetail deer and brainworms that use deer as habitat without harm.

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    This document contains a student's responses to assignment questions about ecological relationships in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. In the marine ecosystem example, the student describes the mutualism between algae and coral, and how the relationship shifts to competition when algae overgrow, requiring herbivory by parrotfish to restore balance. In terrestrial ecosystems, the student provides examples of competition between moose and deer over snails, and commensalism between whitetail deer and brainworms that use deer as habitat without harm.

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    MODULE 4 ACTIVITY 2 ANSWERS

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    ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP

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    This document contains a student's responses to assignment questions about ecological relationships in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. In the marine ecosystem example, the student describes the mutualism between algae and coral, and how the relationship shifts to competition when algae overgrow, requiring herbivory by parrotfish to restore balance. In terrestrial ecosystems, the student provides examples of competition between moose and deer over snails, and commensalism between whitetail deer and brainworms that use deer as habitat without harm.

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    Name: Mark Joshua B.

    Diego Course: BSED 3A - Science


    Course Code: SCI12 Week Number: Week 7
    Course Title: Environmental Science Instructor: Dr. Wendy M. Solomo

    Module 4: Activity 2
    Part I. Directions. Answer the following questions in three to five sentences.
    1. How do ecological relationships shape the marine ecosystem? Use at least two
    examples to explain your answer.

     The most important community in marine environment, the coral reef community,
    is basically shaped by the ecological relationship of algae, coral, and parrotfish.
    Relationship of algae and coral is mutualistic for they both benefit each other by
    oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. But algae are capable of overgrowing which
    turns mutualism into competition and will eventually kill coral polyps, thus,
    herbivory is needed to maintain the balance of their relationship. So, there comes
    herbivore parrotfish that eats excess algae and clean up coral polyps from algal
    overgrowth. With such examples we can see that ecological relationship creates
    the flow of nutrient cycle and provides solution to imbalances which further stabilize
    the biome that an ecosystem composes.

    2. Why is it important to identify and understand ecological relationships? Use at least two
    examples to explain your answer.

     It is very important to identify and understand ecological relationship. For example,


    the thorough study of relationship between corals and parrotfish had led to the
    finding that parrotfish is merely a helping friend not a foe of corals. With such
    understanding researcher are able to recommend ways on how to bring back
    ecological balance in coral community, which is to stop hunting parrotfishes.
    Another example is the relationship between bacteria and human. Through
    identifying and understanding the human-bacteria relationship, we can gather
    more information about which of bacterial species are beneficial and harmful, how
    to treat its infection properly, and how to manipulate it and make it useful in the
    fields of medicine and biotechnology.
    Part II. Directions: Read the background information carefully before answering the given
    questions
    The introductory information describes one relationship between organisms in the illustration:
    parasitism.
    All the organisms pictured in this habitat interact in other ways as well.
    1. Describe one example of competition between the organisms in the illustration. Name the
    organisms involved, describe their interaction, and explain why their interaction is
    considered competition.

     The example of competition in the illustration is the relationship of moose and deer.
    It is an interspecific competition because two different species, moose and deer,
    compete for eating the snail.

    2. Describe one example of commensalism between the organisms in the illustration. Name
    the organisms involved, describe their interaction, and explain why their interaction is
    considered commensalism.

     The example of commensalism in the illustration is the relationship between


    whitetail deer and brainworm. The interaction of the two is inquilinism, where
    brainworm is the inquiline within the whitetail deer. The brainworm uses the
    whitetail deer as their dwelling place without harming it. Brainworm is benefited but
    whitetail deer remains unaffected. With that, their relationship is commensalism.

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