BIOL354-09S2 (C) Semester Two 2009

Animal Ecophysiology

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2009
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2009

Description

Comparative aspects of physiological adaptation to aquatic and terrestrial environments. Topics include osmoregulation, excretion, respiration, circulation, temperature acclimation, using both vertebrate and invertebrate examples.

Prerequisites

BIOL250 or ZOOL206

Restrictions

BIOL350, ZOOL301

Course Coordinator

Chris Glover

Lecturers

Harry Taylor and Islay Marsden

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Willmer, Pat , Stone, G., Johnston, Ian A; Environmental physiology of animals ; 2nd ed; Blackwell Pub, 2005.

Recommended Reading

Withers, Philip C; Comparative animal physiology ; Saunders College Pub, 1992.

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $580.00

International fee $2,637.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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