Transcript Species interactions

Species interactions
Each slide has an interaction between species,
or an mechanism they use to protect
themselves…
Jazz up each page with a definition example and
some visual stuff..a photo, graph, something..
Oh, and its gotta be an AQUATIC example!!!
Food Chain
I’ll get you started…Autotroph, usually
phytoplankton are eaten by small organisms
like krill, then the krill is eaten by penguins,
then the penguins are eaten by larger fish or
toothed whales.
Pyramid of Numbers
Commensalism
Interspecific competition
Mutualism
Predation
Parasitism
Symbiosis
Behavior Strategies
to avoid being lunch
• Nothing to write here…
Coloration
Usually a warning, EXPLAIN.
Eyespots and stripes
• http://www.ebiomedi
a.com/why-do-someanimals-pretend-tohave-eyes.html
• Hmmm..summarize
why they work
Mimicry
Usually related to a coloration or shape of some
sort…Schwendy says explain and now would
be a good time to research the mimic
octopus!!!
Schooling
• How does it work, how does it help them
survive?
Countershading
Camouflage…
Some crazy examples….
The parrot fish:
Disguises its scent so it
can sleep..why?how?
Cleaning associations
Smaller fish will shadow a predator
• They swim right next to the larger fish, EEK
what’s up with that?!