| effects of environmental pollution on microsatellite dna diversity in wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) populations. | ten microsatellite dna loci were surveyed to investigate the effects of heavy metal pollution on the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of seven wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) populations along a heavy metal pollution gradient away from a nonferrous smelter in the south of antwerp (flanders, belgium). analysis of soil heavy metal concentrations showed that soil ag, as, cd, cu, and pb decreased with increasing distance from the smelter. genetic analyses revealed high levels of g ... | 2005 | 16398127 |
| characterisation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos) in a terrestrial ecosystem near a fluorochemical plant in flanders, belgium. | bioaccumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos) in a restricted terrestrial food chain was investigated with the omnivorous wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) on top of the studied food chain. the levels detected are very high compared with literature as a result of the presence of fluorochemical plant in the immediate vicinity of the study area. soil, surface water, fruits of european elder and common blackberry, invertebrates, bank vole and wood mouse were collected at two sites, e.g. blokke ... | 2014 | 24385186 |