AQ3007 - Aquatic Animal Ecophysiology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
The course teaches the principles of aquatic animal physiology and provides insight into the mechanisms involved in the stress, health, growth and reproduction of aquatic animals. A key focus is on how physiological systems respond to important environmental factors and the significance of animal adaptations in their ability to cope with environment stressors, whether it is a managed environment, such as in aquaculture, or in the natural environment.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate competence in experimental techniques of aquatic animal physiology;
- develop an understanding of the functional relationship between important environmental variables and the physiology of aquatic animals;
- understand the physiological adaptations of aquatic animals that allow them to cope with environmental extremes;
- develop insight into the operation of regulatory processes of physiological systems within aquatic animals, and how they interact with each other;
- demonstrate familiarity with the key literature in the field of aquatic animal physiology.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have a good understanding of basic biology, particularly zoology, and should have completed BS2001 or BZ2001 or AQ2001 or equivalent. |
| Prerequisites: | At least 12 credit points of Level 2 AQ, BC, BZ, CH, EA, EV, MA, MB or PH science subjects and 3 credit points of level 2 aquaculture subjects. |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | AQ5007 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Guy Carton. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.