Relationship between radiocesium contamination and the contents of various elements in the web spider Nephila clavata (Nephilidae Arachnida)》.pdfVIP

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 150 (2015) 228 e235 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Environmental Radioactivity journal homepage: /locate/jenvrad Relationship between radiocesium contamination and the contents of various elements in the web spider Nephila clavata (Nephilidae: Arachnida) * Yoshiko Ayabe , Tsutomu Kanasashi, Naoki Hijii, Chisato Takenaka Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant seriously contaminated a large area in Received 11 June 2015 northeast Japan with a large amount of radioactive material. Consequently, various organisms, including Received in revised form arthropods, in the ecosystem have been contaminated with radiocesium (137Cs) through the food chain. 1 September 2015 137 We previously showed that the web spider Nephila clavata was contaminated with Cs and that the Accepted 1 September 2015 Available online xxx level of contamination, which varied among spider individuals, was independent of the amount of prey consumed. The present study aimed to clarify the mechanisms that could determine the level of 137Cs contamination in N. clavata. We first demonstrated the pattern