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MLML 514 - Physical Ecology of Marine Animals


This course examines the adaptations that animals have evolved to live in marine environments to deal with environmental gradients in water, temperature, salinity, oxygen, exercise and nutrients as well as short-term physiological responses to environmental changes. Topics covered include energy metabolism, sensory systems, respiration, circulation, thermoregulation, osmoregulation.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [(Prereq: (Instructor Consent) and (Introductory Biology, upper division vertebrate biology, (physiology, ecology, or similar)]
Typically Offered: Periodically offered

Units: 4