Emphasis on laboratory investigation. I ntroduction to the function of animal organ systems, tissues, and cells. Topics include neurophysiology, cardiac, kidney, and gut physiology, thermoregulation, endocrinology, and respiration. Examples are generally chosen from the vertebrates. Topics include membrane structure, membrane carrier mechanisms, epithelial electrophysiology, water transport, and regulatory mechanisms of membrane function.
Laboratories are independent research projects involving membrane biology.
467 Ecology of Fishes D.W. Greenfield Reproduction, early life history, age and growth, feeding, niche specificity, competitive interactions, communities and evolutionary mechanisms of fishes. 485 Biogeography R. A. Kinzie Distribution of plants and animals and processes that cause, maintain and modify them. Approach is synthetic and dynamic. 621 Evolutionary Ecology Interaction of evolutionary process with ecological principles. L.A. Freed Formal quantitative approach in identifying, designing, performing, analyzing, and interpreting ecological field problems.