When: Monday 6:45-9:45 PM
Where: Bond 316
Instructor: Paul Rosenblum
Office: Duckett 119
Telephone: 953-7928
Home telephone: 958-9584
E-mail: paul.rosenblum@citadel.edu
Office hours: Monday 6:00-6:45 PM
Course objectives: To study the physiological and biochemical adaptations in animals in response to varying environmental parameters including temperature, salinity, pH and oxygen and carbon dioxide levels.
Text: Willmer, P., et al., (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Scientific
Grading: Your course grade will be based on four take home exams (each weighted equally and making up 70% of your grade), journal presentations (15% of your grade), and laboratory work (15% of your grade). All grades will be assigned as follows: 0 - 59 = F, 60 - 69 = D, 70 - 79 = C, 80 - 89 = B, 90 - 100 = A.
01/05 Introduction 2
Problems and Solutions to Them
Physiological Strategies
Reflex Arcs
01/12 Energy and Metabolism 6
Common Metabolic Pathways
Enzyme Kinetics
01/12 Take Home Exam #1
01/26 Hydromineral Balance and Nitrogenous Waste Excretion 4 & 5
Mechanism of Transport
Organs for Hydromineral Balance
Energetics of Hydromineral Balance
Nitrogenous Wastes
02/02 Gas Exchange, Delivery, and pH Balance 7
Fick’s Law
Design of Gas Exchange Organs
Design of Circulatory Systems
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport
pH Balance
02/02 Take Home Exam #2
02/09 Body Temperature 8
Effects on Enzyme Activity
Effects on Membrane Fluidity
Heterothermy and Homeothermy
02/16 Adaptations in Marine Environments 9
02/23 Adaptations in Freshwater and Changeable Environments 10 & 11
02/23 Take Home Exam #3
03/01 Adaptations in Terrestrial Environments 13
03/08 Adaptations to Extreme Environments 14
03/08 Take Home Exam #4
The remainder of the semester will be a combination of laboratory experiments and journal presentations. I am still working out the details of this part of the course and will get them to you as soon as possible.