Step 1: Define Commensalism.
- Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed. For example, barnacles on the skin of whales benefit from water currents, while the whale remains unaffected.
Step 2: Define Logistic Growth.
- Logistic growth describes population growth that is initially exponential but slows as the population reaches the carrying capacity of its environment. It is represented by the sigmoid curve.
Final Answer:
- Commensalism is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
- Logistic growth refers to population growth that slows as it reaches the environment's carrying capacity.