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Table 1 Heavy metal concentrations

From: Yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) as zoomonitors of environmental contamination at a polluted area in Slovakia

Tissue

Species

 

Cd

(mg.kg-1)

Cu

(mg.kg-1)

Fe

(mg.kg-1)

Zn

(mg.kg-1)

Liver

Yellow-necked mouse

x

0.023

5.13

455.23

101.06

  

sd

0.004

1.79

192.39

40.19

  

min

0.019

3.24

276.10

55.47

  

max

0.027

6.69

658.60

167.60

  

med

0.023

5.77

431.00

95.31

 

Bank vole

x

0.047*

7.26*

461.77

175.35

  

sd

0.027

2.96

77.86

159.25

  

min

0.031

3.96

388.20

66.15

  

max

0.078

9.65

543.30

358.20

  

med

0.032

8.17

453.80

101.70

Kidney

Yellow-necked mouse

x

0.071

5.38*

506.90*

81.64

  

sd

0.031

1.20

65.57

53.38

  

min

0.035

3.99

434.50

47.43

  

max

0.094

6.22

562.30

200.00

  

med

0.083

5.92

523.90

62.19

 

Bank vole

x

0.075

3.05

394.73

80.28

  

sd

0.039

0.98

95.54

36.35

  

min

0.031

1.91

287.70

55.38

  

max

0.104

3.66

471.40

122.00

  

med

0.089

3.57

425.10

63.46

Bone

Yellow-necked mouse

x

2.53

3.60

156.61

126.88

  

sd

0.77

0.47

31.64

10.35

  

min

1.93

2.89

115.98

110.96

  

max

3.95

4.27

204.45

141.35

  

med

2.76

3.81

168.57

129.14

 

Bank vole

x

4.61*

3.78

138.98

176.49*

  

sd

1.13

0.74

10.15

11.20

  

min

3.71

3.20

128.19

164.21

  

max

5.88

4.61

140.42

186.14

  

med

3.76

3.81

138.17

174.14

  1. x - mean, sd - standard deviation, min - minimum, max - maximum, med - median, (*) - P < 0.05
  2. Concentrations of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) in the liver, kidney and bone (femur) of yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) (n = 8) and bank vole (Myodes glareolus) (n = 10).