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MLML 614 - Advanced Physical Ecology of Marine Animals


MS 614: Advanced 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 include energy metabolism, sensory systems, respiration, circulation, thermoregulation, osmoregulation. Offered through Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML); contact CSUMB’s Department of Marine Science for MLML registration procedures.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: (Introductory Biology) and (An upper-division vertebrate biology course, e.g., physiology, ecology, or similar) and (Graduate Standing) and (Instructor Consent Required)]
Typically Offered: Fall term only - odd years

Units: 4