This module will provide students with an insight into physiological mechanisms underpinning adaptations to potentially hostile environmental conditions such as anoxia, toxic sulphide, high hydrostatic pressure and extreme temperatures.
It will also explore the physiological mechanisms related to homeostasis and the evolution of air-breathing, terrestriality and endothermy.
The module will take an integrative approach, considering physiological mechanisms from molecules to cells, tissues, whole animals and the environment.
The module is taught through a mixture of pre-recorded short online lectures and synchronous online seminars and is assessed by coursework.