Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2011_12

Subject

FISIOLOGIA ADAPTATIVA

Code

00203156

Study programme

LIC. BIOLOGIA

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

4.5

Optional

Fifth

Second

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

CIENCIAS BIOMEDICAS

Coordinador

BARRIO LERA , JUAN PABLO

E-mail

jpbarl@unileon.es
mfgons@unileon.es
ssanc@unileon.es

Lecturers

BARRIO LERA , JUAN PABLO

GONZÁLEZ SEVILLA , MARÍA FRANCISCA

SÁNCHEZ CAMPOS , SONIA

Web

http://

General description

Introduction to the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. Responses by functional systems to changes in environmental factors.

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor

Objetivos

Introduction to the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. Responses by functional systems to changes in environmental factors.

Methodologies

Lectures including written and online ancillary material.
Seminars with spoken presentations of summaries from selected scientific papers.

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic


THEORY	Organisms, environment, and adaptation. Adaptation theory. The problems of body size and scaling. Adaptations to marine and freshwater environments. Adaptations to the terrestrial environment. Nitrogenous waste excretion. Feeding and digestion. Chemical defense. Respiration and metabolism. Adaptations to the different respiratory environments. Circulation of organic fluids. Fluid compartments. Cardiovascular systems. Physiological adaptations to exercise. Adaptations to runnign, jump, flight and swimming. Buoyancy and diving Thermal relationships. Adaptation to temperature changes, Migration and hibernation. Adaptation to electromagnetic radiation. Bioluminiscence. Electroreception. Fotoreception. Geomagnetic navigation. Adaptative responses to extreme environments.
LABS	Bibliographic research. Osmometry. Thermoregulation. Influence of saliniy in the hatching of Artemia.

Personalized attention

Assessment

	Description	Qualification

Other comments and second call
Written exam including test, multiple choice, and short questions.

Basic

Complementary