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Thermoregulation

Pertaining to the way organisms manage heat within them.


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SAC thermoregulation

Hi there! I have a SAC tomorrow on thermoregulation (the practical). Would anyone would be able to answer a few questions that I might think of in preparation for the written work that is to be done during class time (day after tomorrow)? ...

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by Joker
Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:36 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: SAC thermoregulation
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Unknown Australian Bluetongue - Sport? New Species?

... more arid parts of aust tend to be lighter in color than those living in cooler darker conditions being darker in color due to heat absorbsion thermoregulation etc. Anyway hope this helps to some degree, btw it is a very nice sharp clear image.

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by vk4vfx
Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:25 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Unknown Australian Bluetongue - Sport? New Species?
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Re: Effect of temperature on Metabolism

... proportional to its difference in metabolic activity? I suppose that increasing body size is a factor responsible for positive feedback during thermoregulation - when an animal's metabolic activity is impaired due to illness, am I right? I'm not entirely sure how illness affects an organism's ...

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by robotnick
Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:51 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Effect of temperature on Metabolism
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Effect of temperature on Metabolism

Hello, I am an A level student currently reading around the subject of thermoregulation and the effect of temperature on metabolic rates. Everything I read tells me that larger organisms, for example the Ostrich, has high thermal inertia and metabolic rates ...

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by robotnick
Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:23 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Effect of temperature on Metabolism
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Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].

... only in certain hoofed animals (orders Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla) and in primates, including humans. h t t p :// www .answers. com/topic/thermoregulation-1: Most mammals do not have sweat glands but keep cool by panting (evaporation through the respiratory tract) and by increased salivation ...

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by thehundredthone
Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:10 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].
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