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Environmental Physiology Course Schedule, Spring 2017

 

Week   Topic
January 28-30 Course Introduction, comparative method and adaptation (Chapter 1)
February 4-6

Adaptation and Allometry, issues of size and scale (Chapter 2 and 3)

Quiz 1

  11-13 Adaptation and Allometry, issues of size and scale (Chapter 2 and 3)
  18-20

Osmoregulation and excretion (Chapter 4 and 5),

Environmental readings: 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2

Quiz 2

  25-27

Osmoregulation and excretion (Chapter 4 and 5)

Environmental readings: 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2

Exam 1

March 4-6

Metabolism, energetics and energy budgets (Chapter 6)

Quiz 3

  11-13 Spring Break
  18-20 Metabolism, energetics and energy budgets (Chapter 6)
  25-27

Respiration, gas exchange and circulation (Chapter 7)

Environmental readings: 11.4, 11.6, 12.4, 13.4, 15.4

Quiz 4

April 1-3

Respiration, gas exchange and circulation (Chapter 7)

Environmental readings: 11.4, 11.6, 12.4, 13.4, 15.4.

  8-10

Exam 2

Temperature and its effects (Chapter 8)

Environmental readings: 11.3, 12.3, 13.3, 14.4, 15.3, 16.2

  15-17

Temperature and its effects (Chapter 8)

Environmental readings: 11.3, 12.3, 13.3, 14.4, 15.3, 16.2

  22-24

Temperature and its effects (Chapter 8)

Environmental readings: 11.3, 12.3, 13.3, 14.4, 15.3, 16.2

Quiz 5

  29-31

Synthesis, graduate presentations.

Environmental readings: 11.9, 11.10, 12.8, 13.8, 15.9

May 6-10

Final Exam May 6th 12:30-2:30