This textbook provides a comprehensive overview on the diverse strategies invertebrate animals have developed for nitrogen excretion and maintenance of acid-base balance and summarizes the most recent findings in the field, obtained by state-of-the-art methodology.

Chapter 1: Acid-base balance in crustaceans (Fehsenfeld, Weihrauch).- Chapter 2: Acid-base balance in cephalopods (Hu, Tseng).- Chapter 3: Acid-base balance in echinoderms (Stumpp).- Chapter 4: Acid-base balance in the digestive tract of insects (Onken, Moffett).- Chapter 5: Effect of elevated PCO2 levels (global change) on the acid-base balance in marine invertebrates (Melzner, Thomson).- Chapter 6: Nitrogen excretion in freshwater and soil invertebrates: planarians, leeches and nematodes. (Quijada-Rodriguez, Weihrauch).- Chapter 7: Nitrogen excretion in aquatic crustaceans (Weihrauch).- Chapter 8: Nitrogen excretion in terrestrial crustaceans (Linton).- Chapter 9: Nitrogen excretion in insects (O’Donnell).- Chapter 10: The Na/K-ATPase and its role in acid-base balance and ammonia excretion (Leone, Lucena, Garcon, Pinto, McNamara).- Chapter 11: Sodium/hydrogen transporters (NHEs/MHAs) and their role in acid-base balance and ammonia excretion (Rheault).

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview on the diverse strategies invertebrate animals have developed for nitrogen excretion and maintenance of acid-base balance and summarizes the most recent findings in the field, obtained by state-of-the-art methodology.  A broad range of terrestrial, freshwater and marine invertebrate groups are covered, including crustaceans, cephalopods, insects and worms. In addition the impact of current and future changes in ocean acidification on marine invertebrates due to anthropogenic CO2 release will be analyzed.  The book addresses graduate students and young researchers interested in general animal physiology, comparative physiology and marine/aquatic animal physiology. Also it is an essential source for researchers dealing with the effects of increasing pCO2 levels on aquatic animals, of which the vast majority are indeed invertebrates. All chapters are peer-reviewed. 

First textbook dedicated to mechanisms of acid-base balance and nitrogen excretion in invertebratesCovers many different terrestrial and marine invertebrate groupsDiscusses the impact of global change on marine invertebrate physiology