Marine Physiology

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Marine physiology will use a comparative approach to learn the functional adaptations of marine animals to diverse environments and introduces basic concepts of physiology, including metabolism, water and salt balance, thermal relations, gas exchange, and locomotion. This course will integrate the principles and applications of physiology with methodologies for studying physiological processes in marine organisms, including commonly used techniques in physiology. Students will participate in in-class exercises, data analysis, and interpreting and reporting physiological data. Marine Physiology deals with three fundamental aspects of physiological processes: • The cellular basis of physiological processes • The integration of these processes from the cellular to organismal level • The dependence of these processes on the evolutionary history and ecology of the organism