Question

Differentiate between mutualism, parasitism and commensalism. Provide one example for each of them.

Answer 1

There are positive and Negative Interactions in an Ecosystem. Life forms living respectively in a network impact each other straightforwardly or by implication under regular conditions. The cooperation between life forms may not be consistently helpful to all the associating partners.

Complete answer:

Reason FOR COMPARISON	MUTUALISM	COMMENSALISM	PARASITISM
Meaning	Mutualism is where both the life forms of particular species are benefitted	Commensalism is where one living being of the two distinct species picks up benefits while the other is unaffected.	Parasitism is where just living gets benefits, while the other is hurt in kind.
Sort of relationship	Obligatory	Non-obligatory	They can be Obligatory or Facultative.
Sort of interaction	Mutualism is a positive interaction.	Commensalism is a positive interaction	Parasitism is a negative communication.
Example	- A Sea Anemone and a Clownfish. - Fertilization by bugs or other pollinators.	- Barnacles developing on whales.- Climbers taking the help of trees to grow	- Salps and Phronima.- Cuscuta and the host plant.

Additional information:
Beneficial interaction is a developed collaboration or close living connection between living beings from various species, for the most part with advantages to either of the people in question.

Note: At the coarsest level, natural collaborations can be characterized as either intra-explicit or explicit. Intra-explicit communications are those that happen between people of similar species, while collaborations that happen between at least two species are called between explicit connections. Nonetheless, since most species happen inside biological networks, these collaborations can be influenced by, and by implication impact, different species and their associations.