Symposium: Respiratory and Ionic Aspects of Acid-Base Regulation in Insects, Vancouver, British Columbia

申请资助将于1992年在温哥华举行的美国动物学家协会会议上举行的为期一天的“昆虫酸碱调节的呼吸和离子方面”研讨会，会议记录将发表在“美国动物学家”杂志上。这将是第一次关于昆虫酸碱调节的研讨会，并将联合来自一个新兴生理学领域的不同领域的研究人员。研讨会将使用多学科方法来考虑：(1)昆虫组织之间酸碱上皮运输机制及其激素控制的差异，(2)生活在水生和陆地环境中的昆虫之间酸碱上皮运输机制的差异，(3)新陈代谢和氮素排泄对酸碱调节的贡献，(4)呼吸性二氧化碳释放的生物力学与控制；(5)二氧化碳间歇性释放的酸碱效应；(6)酸碱调节与其他生理过程的整合。这种比较方法将有助于开发昆虫酸碱调节的综合模型。

Requesting funding for a one-day symposium on "Respiratory and Ionic Aspects of Acid-Base Regulation in Insects" to be held at the American Society of Zoologists 1992 meeting in Vancouver, with the proceedings to be published in American Zoologist. This will be the first symposium held on insect acid-base regulation, and will unite researchers from a diversity of fields in an emerging area of physiology. The symposium will use a multidisciplinary approach to consider: (1) variation in acid-base epithelial transport mechanisms and their hormonal control among insect tissues, (2) variation in acid-base epithelial transport mechanisms among insects living in aquatic and terrestrial environments, (3) contributions of metabolism and nitrogen excretion to acid-base regulation, (4) biomechanics and control of ventilatory carbon dioxide release, (5) acid base effects of discontinous ventilatory release of carbon dioxide, and (6) the integration of acid-base regulation with other physiological processes. This comparative approach will aid in the development a integrated model of insect acid-base regulation.