Metabolism and Activity of Lizards

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1981

Creator: a production of the Office of Instructional Development UCLA.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Dickson, Robert G., production, camera/lighting.; Bartholomew, George A. (George Adelbert), 1919-2006, writing, narration.; Bennet, Albert F., writing.; University of California, Los Angeles. Office of Instructional Development, production company.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center, distributor.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Produced and photographed by Robert G. Dickson; written by Albert F. Bennett, George A. Bartholomew; series scientific advisor, George A. Bartholomew, Department of Biology UCLA; scientific advisor, Albert F. Bennett, School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine.; Narrator, George A. Bartholomew.; "Patterns of energy metabolism in relation to locomotor activity are shown in diversely adapted lizards, incliding Varanus, Iguana, and Tupinambus. Animals are shown in slow motion running on a treadmill and feeding. Methods of measuring gas exchange during activity are demonstrated and the principal features of the ecology of each type of lizard are examined."--Extension Media Center catalog, 1995-1998, page 71.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE