Bryan+Journal+2


 * __Plants__**

-They are green -They have a round shape -They grow in bushes -They seem to provide shelter for the small fishes -Trash was hidden among the plants -The leaves grow off of short stubby branches -Little bugs and insects live in the bushes -Some birds were chirping in the bushes -Seemed to be recently trimmed -Located on the right side of the beach park
 * Observations**

-How did the bushes grow there (was it man-made or other)? -Who takes care of the plants? -Is there a specific purpose for the leaves to be on the right side of the beach area? -Does the plants affect the life of the living animals there?
 * Questions**

I believe there was a relationship between the plants and the small fishes. The type of relationship was commensalism because the small fishes would use the plants for shelter and shade. The plants were protecting the small fishes from the humans because it would hide in a place where it would be hard for us to see them and they would also go to a spot that was hard for humans to get to. The plants were not being harmed or benefited from the fishes hiding there. This is why this relatiionship was commensalism, where the plant was not harmed and the fishes benefited. Another type of relationship I saw was predation. The insects would use the plants as food. In this case the plants(leaves) were the prey because it was being eaten by the insects. The insects were considered to be a predator because it would eat the plants(leaves).
 * Relationship**