@article {508,
	title = {Body burdens of metals in spiders from the Lidice coal dump near Ostrava (Czech Republic)},
	journal = {Biologia (Bratislava)},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ZOOR14205026618},
	month = {2005},
	pages = {599-605},
	abstract = {Spiders{\textquoteright} feeding behaviour and external digestion expose them to man-made pollutants, especially those easily transferred along the food chain. The problem for this study was whether the levels of heavy metals in selected species of spiders from the Lidice coal dump reflect adaptation to environmental pollutants. We used flameless and flame AAS to measure the whole-body concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni and Mg in male and female spiders differing in their hunting strategies, type of web construction, prey, and taxonomic position (Araneidae, Agelenidae, Linyphiidae, Theridiidae, Tetragnathidae, Lycosidae, Salticidae, Pisauridae, Clubionidae, Philodromidae). The levels of metals found in the spiders were species-dependent, indicating differences related to the hunting strategy and type of prey. Accumulation of Pb, Cu and Zn was always higher in ground spiders than in web-constructing species. Sheet-web spiders Linyphia triangularis and wandering spiders Clubiona lutescens had the lowest Cd, Mg and Cu content of all the studied species. Web-building spiders of the Tetragnathidae family showed the highest Cd, Cu and Pb content, even in species with feeding behaviour similar to spiders of other families. There were no interspecific differences in accumulation only for Fe and Mg. The concentrations of Cd, Ni and Pb were lower in females than in males, irrespective of their taxonomic position and the intensity of their hunting activity. This may suggest that females have better metal-excretion ability than males.},
	keywords = {/ Content] [Metals / Heavy metals / ] [Czech Republic / Ostrava, Lidice, / taxonomy \& web type relations]., Abiotic factors, Animal, Araneae (Arachnida)., Araneae [Pollutants / Heavy metal content / foraging strategies, Biochemistry, Chemical factors, Chemical pollution, constructions, Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Feeding behaviour, Habitat, habitat / Coal dump habitat / ] [Metal pollution / Heavy metal pollution, Land zones, Nutrition, Palaearctic region, Pollution, relations] [Foraging / Hunting strategies / ] [Webs / / Type] [Man made, Systematics, taxonomic position \& web type relations] [Diet / / Heavy metal content},
	isbn = {0006-3088},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14205026618},
	author = {Wilczek, Grazyna and Babczynska, Agnieszka and Majkus, Zdenek}
}
@article {326,
	title = {Epimorphosis and repair processes of schistomelic pedipalps and walking appendages in Tegenaria atrica (Araneae, Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Biologia (Bratislava)},
	volume = {62},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ZOOR14405026672},
	month = {2007},
	pages = {756-762},
	abstract = {Experimental studies of regeneration and repair processes of schistomelic walking legs and pedipalps in the early postembryonal stages of Tegenaria atrica were carried out in two parts. In the first part changes in the structure of appendages were produced by exposing the developing embryos to alternating temperatures (14 and 32. C, changing every 12 hours) as teratogenic factor. In the second, principal, part of studies after amputating a given fragment of a larval schistomelic appendage the appearance, then the growth and development of the external regenerates were observed. The completion of epimorphosis of the pedipalps followed at nymph IV stage (after four post-larval moults) that of the walking appendages in most cases at nymph V stage (after five post-larval moults). In control spiders repair processes were noted, which proceeded at a rate comparable to regeneration processes.},
	keywords = {[Regeneration / / Epimorphic regeneration of schistomelic pedipalps \&, Appendages, General morphology, Immunology and repair, mechanisms, Mouthparts, repair processes] [Prosomal legs / Schistomelic walking legs / ], Tegenaria atrica (Araneae)., Tegenaria atrica [Pedipalps / Schistomelic pedipalps / Epimorphosis \&, walking legs].},
	isbn = {0006-3088},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14405026672},
	author = {Napiorkowska, Teresa and Jacunski, Lech and Templin, Julita}
}
