Unit 5 Intro Video: Thermoregulation

Unit 5 Part I: Introduction to Thermoregulation

Unit 5 Part II: Thermoregulation Strategies by Ectotherms & Endotherms

Unit 5 Part III: Effect of Temperature on Fish Respiration Rate

Thermoregulation Note

Thermoregulation Concept Map

DigDeeper: Useful Readings for Unit 5

Further Readings

To assist you in understading these units content further, you may want to read/watch the following useful resources.

• Akin, J.A. (2011). Homeostatic Processesfor Thermoregulation. Nature Education Knowledge, 3(10):7.

• Hwang et al. (2007). EnergeticConsequences and Ecological Significance of Heterothermy andSocial Thermoregulation in Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis).Physiological Biochemical Zoology, 80(1): 138-145. 

• Prosser, C.L. (1950). Comparative Animal Physiology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.

• Rastogi, S.C. (2007). Essentials of Animal Physiology, 4th Edition. New Delhi: New Age International Publishers.

• Romanovsky, A. (2007). Thermoregulation: SomeConcepts have Changed. Functional Architecture of the Thermoregulatory System.American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and ComparativePhysiology, 292(1):R37-R46. 

• Schmidt-Nielsen, K. (1997). Animal Physiology: Adaptation and environment, 5th Edition. Cambridge University Press.

• Stawski et al. (2014). The Importance of Temperal Heterothermy in Bats. Journal of Zoology, 292: 86-100.

• Willmer, P., Stone, G., Johnston, I. (2005). Environmental Physiology of Animals., 2nd Edition. Blackwell Science.