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AQ3007 - Aquatic Animal Ecophysiology
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
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.
Subject Assessment
- end of semester exam (50%)
- quizzes or tests (10%)
- assignments (40%).
| 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 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2020 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Jan Strugnell. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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