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Course Meetings: Tuesdays, 1:30 pm, SCI 267
Course Description: The focus of this course will be respiratory and circulatory adaptations of both vertebrate and invertebrate animals to hostile environments. Topics may include air-breathing in fish, dive reflexes, comparative aspects of temperature regulation, adjustments for exercise, altitude and hydrostatic pressure, life without light, and the functional morphology of gills, lungs, tracheal systems and the heart. The course will emphasize student participation, and will make extensive use of the original literature. Prerequisite: BISC 203, or by permission of the instructor.
Distribution Fulfillments: Natural or Physical Science. This course fills one unit (without lab) of the 300 level requirement for the Biological Sciences major or minor.
Instructor:
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John Cameron SC 388, ext. 3161, email:jcameron@wellesley.edu Office Hours: Wed, 10:00-12:00 pm (walk-in); Fri, 2-4 pm (by appt.) |
More information: Additonal information for students enrolled in this course, including a current syllabus, assignments, discussion topics, links, etc., may be found in the course conference, on First Class. See you there.....
- John Cameron
- Wellesley College Department of Biological Sciences
- Created by: Vasthi Christensen ('98) & Allyson La Barbara ('98)
- Last Modified: August 18, 2000