University of Guelph ZOO*3700 Integrative Biology of Invertebrates
Professor Alex Smith · University of Guelph · 9 lectures with notes
Students in this class: ask your lecturer for the class code, and these lectures will already be in your library when you sign up.
Lecture 08- PWBB III - Respiration II
Circulation and oxygen-binding pigments help animals overcome diffusion limits, but animal respiratory systems vary widely and have evolved repeatedly.
Lecture 07- PWBB II - Respiration I
Fick’s law explains how invertebrate respiratory surfaces and behaviors improve oxygen uptake across diverse environments.
ZOO*3700 - Lecture 06- PWBB I - Mating and Molting
Arthropod mating strategies and hormone-controlled molting illustrate trade-offs between reproduction, survival, and growth.
ZOO*3700 - Lecture 05 - Life History II
Sexual reproduction’s costs and benefits vary with environmental instability, competition, mate availability, and parasites.
ZOO*3700 Lecture 04 - Life History I
Invertebrate life histories reveal how finite resources and environmental pressures shape body size, survival, and reproduction.
ZOO*3700 - Lecture 03 - Plankton II
Plankton adaptations shape predator interactions and connect ocean food webs to climate and possible biosignatures.
ZOO*3700 - Lecture 02 - Plankton I
Plankton’s life-history strategies, physical adaptations, and global importance connect larval dispersal to carbon cycling and ocean conservation.
02 - InvertR - Assignment 1 - Dispersal - Example in R
A practical R workflow connects GenBank DNA sequences and geographic distances to dispersal in velvet worms and hydrothermal-vent species.
ZOO*3700 F26 - Lecture 01.5 - How to prepare for case studies and the lecture final
Build case-study and final-exam skills by writing questions with peers and interpreting unfamiliar scientific figures.