AQ3007 - Aquatic Animal Ecophysiology

Credit points:	03
Year:	2019
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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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

• describe the functional relationship between important environmental variables and the physiological systems of aquatic animals;
• investigate the physiological adaptations of aquatic animals that allow them to cope with environmental extremes;
• apply experimental techniques of aquatic animal physiology to characterise thermal response, metabolic rate and stress to changing environments.

Assumed Knowledge:	Students enrolling in this subject should have a good understanding of basic biology, particularly zoology, and should have completed SC2202 or SC2209 or AQ2001 or equivalent.
Prerequisites:	At least 12 credit points of Level 2 science subjects and 3 credit points of level 2 AQ subjects.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	AQ5007

Availabilities
Townsville, , Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2019
Contact hours:	26 hours 24 hours
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (40%).

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.