S7
Acid Base Regulation in Aquatic Animals
Organizer:
Greg Goss (Dept. Biol. Sciences, Univ. Alberta, Canada)
Blood and intracellular acid-base regulation in aquatic animals involves the interplay between production and excretion to the water of the relevant acid base equivalents, primarily H+ and HCO3-. This symposium will examine, using comparative models, the distinct and common mechanisms of acid-base regulation in a variety of aquatic species including insects, crustaceans, fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
Speakers:
1) Pung-Pung Hwang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Functional regulation of acid secretion in zebrafish during acclimation to acidic environment
2) Yusuke Kumai (Dept. Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada)
TBA
3) Agnieszka Dymowska (Dept. Biol. Sciences, Univ. Alberta, Canada)
A proposed novel mechanism for Na+ transport in rainbow trout gills
4) Greg Goss (Dept. Biol. Sciences, Univ. Alberta, Canada)
Models of anterior gut alkalinisation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito midgut: new pH regulatory paradigms