The Importance Of Epibiosis

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Epibiosis is considered a commensal relationship in which the symbiont lives on the hosts surface. Even though the relationship is commensalistic there are instances in which epibionts can have negative impact on the host. One such Example of epibionts causing harm is the relationship between copepods and ciliates. This relationship most often occurs in aquatic ecosystems located in Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Colombia. The host in this relationship is the copepod while the epibionts are the ciliates that live on the copepods surface. There are several factors that can affect the prevalence of these epibionts. Influx of fresh water into the environment and pollution are factors that affect the ciliates. Changes in bacteria, phytoplankton, and host populations can also play a major role in the ciliate populations. These factors can have a major impact on the epibionts host by reducing their population which causes the population of epibionts to decrease as well. The majority of the studies done on this relationship have been on the affects that the epibionts …show more content…

In class we have gone over many different symbiotic relationships but we haven’t gone into great detail in relationships in which the symbiont affects the host ability to reproduce. The important conclusion I got from the paper was that the epibiont or any other symbiont can have an effect on the reproduction behavior of copepods or any other host. If I were to describe this paper to someone I would first describe what a symbiotic relationship is before I started. I would then explain the effects that epibiont have copepods. If the epibionts were to get to the point of infestation the copepods will have a reduced capability to reproduce. Overall this paper was easier to read compared to the first paper there weren’t many terms that I had to look up and was easier to

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