Relationships
Mutualism- This is a type of Symbiosis in which both species affected are benefitting. Ants are an example of mutualism, they tend to defend and nurture fungi and in turn the fungi provides nutrients for the ants. This keeps the fungi safe, and the ants full of nutrients. Unfortunately though the volcano, as far as scientists know, killed off just about all of the fungi or ants living on the island. But if an ant or two did survive, they would have died of lack of nutrients pretty soon anyways, because all the fungi and other potential foods would have been gone too.
Commensalism- This type of Symbiosis is when one of the species benefits while the other is completely unaffected. This isn't very popular, but it does happen occasionally and an example of this is when the poison dart frog uses the leaves of the Vermiliad producer for shelter. In this example, the frog is safe and has a place to live, while the plant is not affected if the frog lives under it or not, therefore being neutral. The volcano however killed ever frog or plant that lived on surface anyway, so neither would be living after the eruption.
Parasitism- The only type of Symbiosis in which one species is hurt negatively, while the other benefits. They're many types of of parasites, but the most common is the leech. Leeches attach themselves to a host, usually insects or small invertebrates, and suck their blood. This feeds the leech, but harms the host by taking its blood, and potentially leaving deadly diseases on the host. Hopefully the volcano killed all these leeches, but it also killed any host it might eat too, so any surviving leeches would die pretty quickly.
Predation- Is the process in which a consumer kills and eats another consumer. In the rainforest, a popular predator is the sun bear. He eats birds, lizards, and other small animals. Unfortunately though, a bear would not survive a volcano eruption and would have been killed along with all its prey.
Herbivory: Is the process in which a consumer eats a producer. Otherwise known as vegetarians, a very popular herbivore is the caterpillar. They're many types of caterpillars, but almost all eat producers, and all kinds of producers at that. Caterpillars would be wiped out clean off the island after an eruption though, so they would not survive to live on after Krakatoa.
Commensalism- This type of Symbiosis is when one of the species benefits while the other is completely unaffected. This isn't very popular, but it does happen occasionally and an example of this is when the poison dart frog uses the leaves of the Vermiliad producer for shelter. In this example, the frog is safe and has a place to live, while the plant is not affected if the frog lives under it or not, therefore being neutral. The volcano however killed ever frog or plant that lived on surface anyway, so neither would be living after the eruption.
Parasitism- The only type of Symbiosis in which one species is hurt negatively, while the other benefits. They're many types of of parasites, but the most common is the leech. Leeches attach themselves to a host, usually insects or small invertebrates, and suck their blood. This feeds the leech, but harms the host by taking its blood, and potentially leaving deadly diseases on the host. Hopefully the volcano killed all these leeches, but it also killed any host it might eat too, so any surviving leeches would die pretty quickly.
Predation- Is the process in which a consumer kills and eats another consumer. In the rainforest, a popular predator is the sun bear. He eats birds, lizards, and other small animals. Unfortunately though, a bear would not survive a volcano eruption and would have been killed along with all its prey.
Herbivory: Is the process in which a consumer eats a producer. Otherwise known as vegetarians, a very popular herbivore is the caterpillar. They're many types of caterpillars, but almost all eat producers, and all kinds of producers at that. Caterpillars would be wiped out clean off the island after an eruption though, so they would not survive to live on after Krakatoa.