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Sharks and Cleaner Fish
The Relationship
- Both species participate in mutualism.
-Through mutualism they both recieve benefits:
- Cleaner fish recieve food
and protection from the shark.
- The shark gets algae and other organisms removed from its skin.
Sharks
Without Mutualism
- Sharks eat plankton, squid, and other fish.
- They are known for being one of the most agressive predators in the sea.
-Without this relationship, cleanerfish would survive by finding parasites elsewhere.
- Sharks would survive but have parasites and other organisms living on them.
The Cleaner Fish
Compare:
Tubeworms and Bacteria vs. Sharks and Cleanerfish
- Both organisms are a form of symbiosis called mutualism because they both depend on the other, but are not harmed.
-Cleaner fish are known for their main activity of cleaning the parasites and dead skin off of various types of fish.
-Cleaner fish participate in symbiosis (specifically mutualism) with many fish.
Cleaner Fish and Sharks
Sources
Bacteria and Tubeworms
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/deep-sea-bestiary.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/
http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/giant-tube-worm.html
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/expeditions/blacksmokers/
- The relationship between the sulfur oxidizing bacteria and the tubewoms living in the hydrothermal vents would be classified as mutualism.
- Both live on the black smoker chimneys.
-Tubeworms feed off of the bacteria, while bacteria gets to live in the tubeworms. Niether organism is harmed by this.
Wouldn't You Want a Friend?
If you lived in an ocean, constantly surrounded by predators and other dangers wouldn't you be open to a helping hand?
Sharks and cleaners were.