BIOHOPK 162H/262H. Comparative Animal Physiology:

How animals work. Topics: physiology of respiration, circulation, energy metabolism, thermal regulation, osmotic regulation, muscle physiology and locomotion. Evolutionary and ecological physiology. lectures, lab and field research. An option to combine the course work with a more intensive research focus, with more units, is available. Suggested Background Courses: Physics 21 or 51; Chemistry 31, 135; Biology Core or consent of the instructor. Alternate years, next given 2009-10. [O] 5-8 units. Block