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| BIOL 443 - Ecological Animal Physiology - University of Hawaii at Hilo |
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Study of the physiological adaptations of animals
to environmental variation. The focus will be on how
physiological responses to environmental factors
determine the geographic distribution of animals. The
course will cover the physiological and biochemical
mechanisms that permit animals to adapt to potentially
stressful environmental conditions, and topics will include
food acquisition and digestion, energy allocation, thermal
energetics, respiratory gas exchange, activity metabolism,
and osmoregulation. Pre: course in basic cell biology:
BIOL 125, BIOL 270, or MARE 172; or consent of instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Schedule Types: Hybrid-Technology Intensive, Lecture Natural Sciences Division Natural Sciences Department Prerequisites: BIOL 125, BIOL 270 & MARE 172 |
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