Zol1502 Essay

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Michelle Victor ZOL1502: Assignment 2 student number: 51579936 Unique number: 895372 Michelle Victor Student number: 51579936 ZOL1502 Unique number: 895372 Michelle Victor ZOL1502: Assignment 2 student number: 51579936 Unique number: 895372 Question 1 1.1  Following the hatching the larva swims towards light: positive phototropic, negative     geotropic it swims for about 36hours, after which tropism is reserved it then swims towards the dark, positive geotropic and negative phototropic upon finding a suitable substratum it fixes itself head-on with the adhesive papillae subsequently metamorphosis begins 1.2    The feeding method is unique in the animal world. Each builds a delicate, transparent hollow house of mucus interlaced with filters and passages through which water flows Tiny phytoplankton and bacteria trapped on a feeding filter inside the house are drawn into the animal’s mouth through a straw-like tube When the filters become clogged with waste (happens every 4 hours) the appendicularian abandons its house and builds a new one Question 2 2.1 Buoyancy can be promoted by... 1. 2. 3. 4. A flat ventral side of the head which favours lift Large liver lobs filled with hydrocarbon called squalene which has a density of 0.86 Elaborate flat pectoral fins which favours lift A heterocercal Caudal fin which generates lift 2.2 Osmorgulation is defined as the maintenance of proper internal salt and water concentrations in a cell or body of a living organism, active regulation of internal osmotic pressure Michelle Victor ZOL1502: Assignment 2 student number: 51579936 Unique number: 895372 Freshwater fish are hyperosmotic which means that a solution whose osmotic pressure is greater than that of another solution to which is compaired. Marine bony fish are Hypoosmotic which

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