Educational guide 2023_24
Facultade de Ciencias do Mar
Grado en Ciencias del Mar
 Subjects
  Physiology of marine organisms
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY: 1. Plant Physiology in the ocean.
2. Cell and tissue basic characteristics photosynthetic marine organisms
3. Water relations in photosynthetic marine organisms. Osmoregulation and osmoprotection.
4. Mineral nutrition in marine environments.
5. Photosynthesis: definition and physiological, ecological and evolutionary relevance.
6. The photosynthetic organelles.
7. Light and photosynthetic pigments.
8. The photochemical phase of photosynthesis.
9. The biochemical phase of photosynthesis.
10. Mechanisms of carbon gain and concentration in photosynthetic marine organisms.
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY: 1. Physiological bases of excitability
2. The nervous system and the neural communication
3. Physiology of the systems effectors in marine animals: muscular activity and locomotion, cromatophora and bioluminescence
4. Sensory physiology in marine animals: mecanoreception, electroreception, magnetoreception, quimioreception, fotoreception and vision.
5. Physiology of the neuroendocrine and endocrine systems in marine animals
6. Circulatory fluids and operation of the cardiovascular systems in marine animals
7. Operation of the respiratory systems in marine animals
8. Physiology of excretion and osmorregulation in marine animals
9. Physiology of the digestive systems in marine animals
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