Homeostasis
Maintaining stable body conditions
Homeostasis is the response to changing conditions that keeps the body in a stable state. Nerves ensure that temperature remains steady whilst hormones keep blood sugar at the correct concentration.
Video playlist
Adaptations for rock pool survival. Video
Professor Richard Fortey examines techniques used by sea anemones to survive a rock pool.
Migration and response to tidal changes. Video
Professor Richard Fortey investigates the rhythmical behaviour of the Eurydice pulchra.
Rock pools by night. Video
Professor Richard Fortey explores the behaviour of a glass shrimp when oxygen levels fall.
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