437 Schedule 2009

Vertebrate Physiology

ECOL 437, Bonine & Oh

Spring 2009

• Schedule of Topics

• Lab Information

• Links to Readings

• Important Dates

Updated

06 May 2009

For most labs you are expected to do the assigned reading and be ready to either turn in your reading notes (see form emailed to you by Kevin Oh) or take a quiz on the readings.

Reading assignments for lecture should also be completed before you arrive that day.

	DAY	DATE 2009	TOPIC	READING (from Hill et al. text 2^nd ed. unless noted)

	WEEK 1
1	WED	14 January	Introduction, syllabus (pdfx2 or pdfx6)	Ch 1
	WED	14 January LAB	Introduction, brief field trip, assignments, sign-ups, etc.	Using the Internet, Critically Reading Scientific Literature Discussion-Leader Grading Rubric
2	FRI	16 January	Intro Con’t	Ch 1

	WEEK 2
	MON	19 January	MLK HOLIDAY
3	WED	21 January	Membranes and Biological Compounds (pdfx2 or pdfx6)	Ch 2
	WED	21 January LAB (pdfx2)	Physiology in Context, Evolution/Development Exercise	Week 2 Reading Questions/Notes Lienhard et al. 1992 Nesse and Williams 1998
4	FRI	23 January	Solute Transport and Water (pdfx2 or pdfx6)	Ch 4

	WEEK 3
5	MON	26 January	Begin Neurons (pdf or pdfx2 or pdfx6)	Ch 11
6	WED	28 January	Neurons & Action Potentials	Ch 11
	WED	28 January LAB (pdfx2)	Cotransporters and Ion Gradients Nernst and Goldman Exercises [Nernst/Goldman SIMULATOR]	Week 3 Reading Questions/Notes Bisbal & Specker 1991 Optional: Tipsmark et al. 2002 Optional: Pelis et al. 2001
7	FRI	30 January	Synapses (pdf or pdfx2 or pdfx6)	Ch 12

	WEEK 4
8	MON	02 February	Synapses & Neurotransmitters (04 Feb: pdf or x2 or x6)	Slowinski article, Ch 12
9	WED	04 February	Sensory Processes (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 13
	WED	04 February LAB (pdfx2)	Specialized Senses Plan Receptor Field Experiment	Week 4 Reading Questions/Notes Catania 2002, Barinaga 1999, Malakoff 1999
10	FRI	06 February	Title and List of Annotated References Due (20 points) Sensory Processes II (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 13

	WEEK 5
11	MON	09 February	Sensory Processes con’t	Ch 13
12	WED	11 February	Sensory Processes con’t	Ch 13
	WED	11 February LAB	Touch Receptor Field Experiment and Report Prepare for 1^st Midterm	---
13	FRI	13 February	EXAM ONE (covers info. through Ch 13 and lab Feb 11^th) [exam from 2008, 2009 review questions] KEY Exam One 2009	---

	WEEK 6
14	MON	16 February	Finish Visual Processing Nervous System Organization, Biological Clocks (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 13 Ch 14
15	WED	18 February	Discussion
	WED	18 February LAB	Hormones	Week 6 Reading Questions/Notes Ulmann et al. 1990 Wingfield & Kitaysky 2002 Mendes 2002 OR Hayes et al. 2002
16	FRI	20 February	Biological Clocks	Ch 14

	WEEK 7
17	MON	23 February	Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Function (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 15 Optional: Stress Hormones & Reproduction in Mammals (Boonstra 2005, J. Mammal.)
18	WED	25 February	Reproduction (see pdf files from 23 Feb)	Ch 16
	WED	25 February LAB	Muscle	Week 7 Reading Questions/Notes Volk 2004 Bonine et al. 2001
19	FRI	27 February	Movement & Muscle (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 18 & 19

	WEEK 8
20	MON	02 March	Muscle (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 19 Optional: Sprackland 2005
21	WED	04 March	Muscle etc.	Ch 19, 20
	WED	04 March LAB	Locomotion and Movement, Comparative Functional Anatomy in Amphibians Biomechanical Data (XLS or PDF)	Week 8 Reading Questions/Notes Dickinson et al. 2000
22	FRI	06 March	1^st Proposal Draft Due (40 points) Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide (pdf or x2 or x6; slides through 11 March and end of material for 2^nd midterm exam)	Ch 21

	WEEK 9
23	MON	09 March	Organismal Respiration (see slides posted 06 March)	Ch 22
24	WED	11 March	Gas Transport (see slides posted 06 March)	Ch 23
	WED	11 March LAB	Comparative Aquatic Respiration Lab Review Gas Transport Prepare for 2^nd Midterm	---
25	FRI	13 March	EXAM TWO (covers material since first midterm) [2009 Review Questions, Exam from 2008]	---

		14-22 March	SPRING BREAK (think about vertebrate physiology as you relax, exercise, imbibe, etc.)

	WEEK 10
26	MON	23 March	Respiratory Control: Jason Pilarski, Guest	Ch 22
27	WED	25 March	Circulation & Heart Function (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 24
	WED	25 March LAB	Respiration Lab Heart Anatomy	Week 10 Reading Questions/Notes Zapol 1987 Eisenberg 1998
28	FRI	27 March	Heart Function con’t (pdf or x2 or x6) Diving (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 24 Ch 25

	WEEK 11		Reminder: short seminar write up due before end of April.
29	MON	30 March	Circulation Con’t
30	WED	01 April	Circulation Con’t
	WED	01 April LAB	Circulation Lab	Week 11 Reading Questions/Notes Lillywhite 1988
31	FRI	03 April	Ionic and Osmotic Balance (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 26 & 27

	WEEK 12
32	MON	06 April	Osmoregulation & Kidney Function (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 27 & 28
33	WED	08 April	Kidneys; Arid Environments	Ch 28, 29
	WED	08 April LAB (pdf x2)	Kidney + Excretion Lab Review Kidney Function	Week 12 Reading Questions/Notes NIDDK site McClanahan et al. 1994
34	FRI	10 April	Bird Osmoregulation: Eldon Braun, Guest (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 27 & 28

	WEEK 13
35	MON	13 April	Feeding, Digestion, Metabolism (pdfx6) Feeding (or x2) Digestion (or x2) Metabolism & Allometry (or x2)	Ch 5 Optional: Prival Manuscript
36	WED	15 April	2^nd Proposal Draft Due 10am (bring two copies with alias; 40 points) Digestion; Metabolism (see files posted for 13 April)	Ch 5, 6
	WED	15 April LAB	Research Proposal Workshop Peer Review (20 points)	---
37	FRI	17 April	Metabolism (see files posted for 13 April)	Ch 6

	WEEK 14
38	MON	20 April	Energetics & Thermal Physiology (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 8 & 9
39	WED	22 April	Thermal Physiology Updated file to replace slides 16+ from 20 April (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 9
	WED	22 April LAB	Nutrition and Metabolism	Week 14 Reading Questions/Notes Mc Williams et al. 2004
40	FRI	24 April	Final Research Proposal Due 10am (75 points) Aerobic vs. Anaerobic	Ch 7

	WEEK 15
41	MON	27 April	EXAM THREE [covers material since second midterm, through allometry (slides posted on 13 April)] 2009 Review Questions posted 22 April Ex3 Key 2009 (posted 03 May)
42	WED	29 April	Environmental Challenges & Thermal Physiology (pdf or x2 or x6)	Ch 10
	WED	29 April LAB	Funding Panel Preparations	---
43	FRI	01 May	Bird Physiology (pdf): Kevin Oh, Guest	---

	WEEK 16
44	MON	04 May	Wrap Up	TBA
45	WED	06 May	Wrap Up	TBA
	WED	06 May LAB	Funding Panel – Nice work folks. Thanks.	---
	WED	13 May (11am-1pm)	CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM (held in regular lecture room) 4^th set of Review Questions 2009

Text: Animal Physiology 2^nd Edition, Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse, and Margaret Anderson, 2008, Sinauer.