amensalism

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Etymology

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From amensal +‎ -ism.

Noun

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amensalism (uncountable)

  1. (ecology) A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
    • 2001, J.N. Kraeuter, Biology of the Hard Clam, page 426:
      Trophic group amensalism in the form of the broadened mobile vs. sessile distinction also plays an important part in the Woodin (1976) general model of how adult-larval interactions structure soft-sediment communities at high density.
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