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BIOL 322 Environmental Physiology of Animals Units: 3.00
A comparative examination of interaction between animals and their environment including: physiological adaptations to extreme environments (e.g., arctic, desert); responses to acute and chronic environmental stress (e.g., hypoxia, temperature); environmental regulation of normal physiological processes; uses of comparative models in other fields.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 24 Online Activity, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite BIOL 339/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Appreciate physiological mechanisms from both comparative and evolutionary perspectives.
- Delineate the physiological mechanisms allowing animals to face extreme natural and anthropogenic challenges.
- Integrate physiological responses at whole-organismic level as well as cellular and molecular level in coping with the comprehensive environmental variation such as temperature, osmolarity and oxygen in aquatic and terrestrial settings.
- Identify the physiological challenges for animals living in different environments.