COMPARATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

Course Information
TitleΣΥΓΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΖΩΩΝ / COMPARATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
CodeΖΟ.MGB.7.4
FacultySciences
SchoolBiology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorEfthimia Antonopoulou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40001565

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Viologías (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses746
Class Information
Academic Year2016 – 2017
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours6
Total Hours165
Class ID
600039356
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • GM.03.14 CELL BIOLOGY
  • GM.02.07 BIOCHEMISTRY
  • GM.02.10 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  • ZO.03.12 ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY I
  • ZO.04.17 ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY IΙ
General Prerequisites
Lectures are presented by Films, Power point presentations and CDs with self assesement tests, electronic communication with students. 1. Written examination on course material (50% of the final grade). Examination with answers on questions of knowledge. 2. Oral examination on material from lab exercises (10% of the final grade). 3. Presentation and in depth analysis of review papers relevant to the subject of Physiological Adaptations of Animals to Environment.
Learning Outcomes
The aim of the subject is the study by various approaches of the mecahnisms of adaptation the animals use in order to adapt to the environenment they leave wether it is constant (i.e. water, desert, air or land), or it is changing either due to pollution or due to climate. The approaches are at the level of whole organisms, or specific biochemical mechanisms or at the cellular level.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Comparative reproductive physiology. Determination of metabolic rate in animals. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in animals. Metabolic depression in animals. Environment and thermoregulation. Endothermic and exothermic animals. Thermoregulation in endothermic and exothermic animals.Adaptive principles in hypoxic environments. Adaptation of invertebrates to hypoxia. Adaptation of vertebrates to diving. Adaptation of vertebrates to high altitude. Osmoregulation of marine invertebrates to hypotonic and hypertonic environment. Osmoregulation of aquatic vertebrates. Osmoregulation of animals extreme conditions of land environment. Effect of temperature on cell functions. Ρegulatory mechanisms of loss and production οf metabolic heat. Thermoreguation mechanisms at extreme environmental condtions.
Keywords
ENERGY METABOLISM, OSMOREGULATION, THERMOREGULATION, REPRODUCTION, NUTRIOTION
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
For teaching it used information selected straight from the internet and films also from the internet. Also
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures✓
Laboratory Work✓✓
Project✓
Total
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Last Update
19-06-2017