Regulation of Tissue pH in Plants and Animals

• List of contributors; Preface; 1. Measurement of intracellular pH: a comparison between ion-sensitive microelectrodes and fluorescent dyes C. J. Schwiening; 2. pH-sensitive microelectrodes: how to use them in plant cells H. H. Felle; 3. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance for examining pH in living system Stephen T. Kinsey and Timothy S. Moerland; 4. Invasive studies of intracellular acid-base parameters: quantitative analyses during environmental and functional stress H. O. Portner and F. J. Sartoris; 5. Lactate, H+ and ammonia transport and distribution in rainbow trout white muscle after exhaustive exercise Chris M. Wood and Yuxiang Wang; 6. Limiting factors for acid-base regulation in fish: branchial transfer capacity versus diffusive loss of acid-base relevant ions Norbert Heisler; 7. H+-mediated control of ion channels in guard cells of higher plants Michael R. Blatt and Alexander Grabov; 8. pH regulation of plants with CO2-concentrating mechanisms J. A. Raven; 9. Intracellular pH regulation in plants under anoxia R. G. Ratcliffe; 10. The role of turtle shell in acid-base buffering Donald C. Jackson; 11. Acid-base regulation in crustaceans: the role of bicarbonate ions Nia M. Whitely; 12. A novel role for the gut of seawater teleosts in acid-base balance Rod W. Wilson; 13. pH and smooth muscle: regulation and functional effects Susan Wray, Anthony J. Bullock, Naomi Buttell and Robert A. Duquette; 14. Regulation of pH in vertebrate red blood cells Bruce L. Tufts; 15. Acid-base regulation in hibernation and aestivation Andre Malan; 16. Hepatic metabolism and pH in starvation and refeeding Victor A. Zammit; 17. Back to basics: a plea for a fundamental reappraisal of the representation of acidity and basicity in biological solutions R. Tyler-Jones and E. W. Taylor; Index.

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