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MB5180:03

Biology of Tropical Crustaceans

Townsville

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 39 hours practicals. Semester 1.

Available to GDipResMeth, GCertResMeth, GDipSc, MAppSc and MSc students.

Staff:

Dr J Collins.

A review of functional morphology in relation to food procurement, ingestion and processing, aspects of sensory physiology and behaviour, microanatomy of neural and feeding structures. A comparative approach uses a wide range of common tropical species, eg prawns, crabs, mantis shrimps and barnacles. Students will be required to attend lectures and practicals in MB3180 .

Learning Objectives:

thorough knowledge of crustacean anatomy and functional morphology;

an understanding of some fundamental physiological processes eg digestion, vision;

practical experience in a number of techniques; microdissection techniques; histology and optical microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, methods of video recording of feeding mechanisms and behavioural sequences and their interpretation.

Assessment by project (30%); laboratory reports (20%); examination (50%).