Most Recent Publications:

Evangeliou, N., Y. Balkanski, A. Cozic, A.P. Møller. 2014. Global and local cancer risks after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident as seen from Chernobyl: A modeling study for radiocaesium (134Cs & 137Cs). Environment International 64: 17-27.

Gralla, F., D.J. Abson, A.P. Møller, D.J. Lang, H. von Wehrden. 2014. The impact of nuclear accidents on provisioning ecosystem services. Ecological Inidicators 41:1-14. (doi)(pdf)

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. Low-dose radiation, scientific scrutiny, and requirements for demonstrating effects. BMC Biology, 11:92 (doi:10.1.1186/1741-7007-11-92).

Hermosell, I.G., T. Laskemoen, M. Rowe, A.P. Møller, T.A. Mousseau, T. Albrecht, J.T. Lifjeld. 2013. Patterns of sperm damage in Chernobyl passerine birds suggest a trade-off between spem length and integrity. Biology Letters, 9: 20130530 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0530).

Mousseau, T.A., Møller, A.P. 2013. Perspectives on Chernobyl and Fukushima health effects: What can be learned from Eastern European research? Journal of Health and Pollution, 3(5): 2-6. (pdf)

Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau. 2013. Investigating the effects of low-dose radiation from Chernobyl to Fukushima: History repeats itself. Asian Perspective 37 (2013): 551-565.

Mousseau, T.A., Møller, A.P. 2013. Elevated frequency of cataracts in birds from Chernobyl. PLoS ONE 8(7): e669s9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066939 (pdf)

Møller, A.P., A. Bonisoli-Alquati, and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. High frequencies of albinism and tumors in free-living birds at Chernobyl. Mutation Research / Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.04.019 (pdf here).

Mousseau, T.A., Welch, S.M., Chizhevsky, I., Bondarenko, O., Milinevsky, G., Tedeschi, D.J., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Møller, A.P. 2013. Tree rings reveal extent of exposure to ionizing radiation in Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris. Trees DOI 10.1007/s00468-013-0891-z

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. The effects of low-dose radiation: Soviet science, the nuclear industry - and independence? Significance 10(1): 14-19.

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. The effects of natural variation in background radioactivity on humans, animals and other organisms. Biological Reviews, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00249.x.

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. Assessing effects of radiation on abundance of mammals and predator-prey interactions in Chernobyl using tracks in the snow. Ecological Indicators 26: 112-116.

Møller, A.P., I. Nishiumi, H. Suzuki, K. Ueda, and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. Differences in effects of radiation on abundance of animals in Fukushima and Chernobyl. Ecological Indicators, 24:75-81. (pdf)

Lindgren, A., E. Stepanova, V. Vdovenkp, D. McHahon, O. Litvinetz, E. Leonovich, W. Karmaus. 2013. Individual whole-body concerntration of 137-cesium is associated with decreased blood counts in children in the Chernobyl-contaimanted areas, Ukraine, 2008-2010. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemeiology 2013: 1-9.

Møller, A.P., Hagiwara, A., Matsui, S., Kasahara, S., Kawatsu, K., Nishiumi, I., Suzuki, H., Ueda, K., Mousseau, T.A. 2012. Abundance of birds at Fukushima as judged from Chernobyl. Environmental Pollution, 164, 36-39.

Møller, A.P., F. Barnier, and T.A. Mousseau. 2012. Ecosystem effects 25 years after Chernobyl: pollinators, fruit set, and recruitment. Oecologia 170: 1155-1165 (DOI 10.1007/s00442-012-2374-0)

Mousseau, T.A., Møller, A.P. 2012. Chernobyl and Fukushima: Differences and similarities, a biological perspective. Asian Perspective, in press.

Beasley, D.A.E., A. Bonisoli-Alquati, S.M. Welch, A. P. Møller, T.A. Mousseau. 2012. Effects of parental radiation exposure on developmental instability in grasshoppers (Chorthippus albomarginatus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25: 1149-1162.

Mousseau, T.A., Møller, A.P. 2012. Chernobyl and Fukushima: Differences and similarities, a biological perspective. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 107: 200-203.

Mousseau, T.A., Møller, A.P. 2012. Entomological studies in Chernobyl and Fukushima. American Entomologist 58: 148-150.

Møller, A.P., A. Bonisoli-Alquati, G. Rudolfsen, T.A. Mousseau. 2012. Elevated mortality among birds in Chernobyl as judged from biased sex and age ratios. PLoS One, 7(4): e35223. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035223

Svendsen, E.R., J.R.Runkly, V.R. Dhara, S.Lin, M.Naboka, T.A. Mousseau and C. Bennett. 2012. Epidemiologic methods lessons learned from environmental public health disasters: Chernobyl, the World Trade Center, Bhopal, and Graniteville, South Carolina. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9(8): 2894-2909 (doi:10.3390/ijerph9082894).

Population and Community Effects:

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2013. Assessing effects of radiation on abundance of mammals and predator-prey interactions in Chernobyl using tracks in the snow. Ecological Indicators 26: 112-116.

Mousseau, T.A., and A.P. Møller. 2011. Landscape portrait: A look at the impacts of radioactive contaminants on Chernobyl’s wildlife. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 67(2): 38-46. (DOI: 10.1177/0096340211399747)

Møller, A. P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2010. Efficiency of bio-indicators for low-level radiation under field conditions. Ecological Indicators, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.013 (pdf)

Møller, A.P., and T.A. Mousseau. 2009. Reduced abundance of insects and spiders linked to radiation at Chernobyl 20 years after the accident. Biology Letters of the Royal Society 5(3): 356-359. (pdf)

Møller, A.P., T.A Mousseau. 2007. Species richness and abundance of forest birds in relation to radiation at Chernobyl. Biology Letters of the Royal Society, 3: 483-486. (pdf)

Møller, A.P., T.A Mousseau. 2007. Determinants of Interspecific Variation in Population Declines of Birds after Exposure to Radiation at Chernobyl. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 909-919. (pdf)

Møller, A. P., and T.A. Mousseau. 2011. Conservation consequences of Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents. Biological Conservation, 144:2787-2798.

Møller, A. P., T.A Mousseau. 2008. Reduced abundance of raptors in radioactively contaminated areas near Chernobyl. Journal of Ornithology, 150(1):239-246. (pdf)

Galvan, I., T.A. Mousseau, and A.P. Møller. 2010. Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based colouration. Oecologia, doi:10.1007/s00442-010-1860-5

Møller, A.P., J. Erritzoe, F. Karadas, and T. A. Mousseau. 2010. Historical mutation rates predict susceptibility to radiation in Chernobyl birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02074.x (pdf)

Czirjak, G.A., A.P. Møller, T.A. Mousseau, P. Heeb. 2010. Micro-organisms associated with feathers of barn swallows in radioactively contaminated areas around Chernobyl. Microbial Ecology 60:373-380 (DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9716-4). (pdf)

Møller, A.P., T. A. Mousseau. 2006. Biological consequences of Chernobyl: 20 years after the disaster. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21: 200-207. (pdf)

Møller, A.P., K. A. Hobson, T. A. Mousseau and A. M. Peklo. 2006. Chernobyl as a population sink for barn swallows: Tracking dispersal using stable isotope profiles. Ecological Applications, 16:1696-1705. (pdf)

Møller, A.P., T. A. Mousseau, G. Milinevsky, A. Peklo, E. Pysanets and T. Szép. 2005. Condition, reproduction and survival of barn swallows from Chernobyl. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74: 1102-1111. (pdf)

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2011. Rigorous methodology for studies of effects of radiation from Chernobyl on animals and humans. Biology Letters of the Royal Society.

Developmental Abnormalities (Birth Defects, Visible Mutations, Morphological Effects):

Møller, A. P., A. Bonisoli-Alquati, G. Rudolfsen, and T.A. Mousseau. 2011. Chernobyl birds have smaller brains. PLoS One 6(2): e16862. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016862 (pdf)

Møller, A.P., T.A. Mousseau, F. de Lope, and N. Saino. 2007. Elevated frequency of abnormalities in barn swallows from Chernobyl. Biology Letters of the Royal Society, 3: 414-417. (pdf)

Møller, A.P., T. A. Mousseau. 2006. Biological consequences of Chernobyl: 20 years after the disaster. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21: 200-207. (pdf)

Møller, A. P., Surai, P., and T. A. Mousseau. 2004. Antioxidants, radiation and mutations in barn swallows from Chernobyl. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, 272: 247-252. (pdf)

Møller, A. P., and T. A. Mousseau. 2003. Mutation and sexual selection: A test using barn swallows from Chernobyl. Evolution, 57: 2139-2146. (pdf)

Møller, A. P. 2002. Developmental instability and sexual selection in stag beetles from Chernobyl and a control area. - Ethology 108:193-204.

Møller, A. P. and T. A. Mousseau . 2001. Albinism and phenotype of barn swallow of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) from Chernobyl. Evolution, 55: 2097-2104. (pdf)

Møller, A. P. 1993. Morphology and sexual selection in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica in Chernobyl, Ukraine. - Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 252:51-57.

Genetic, Mutational, and Developmental Effects:

Møller, A.P. and T.A. Mousseau. 2012. The effects of natural variation in background radioactivity on humans, animals and other organisms. Biological Reviews, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00249.x.

Møller, A. P., and T.A. Mousseau. 2011. Conservation consequences of Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents. Biological Conservation, 144:2787-2798.

Bonisoli-Alquati, A., A.P. Møller., G. Rudolfsen, N. Saino, M. Caprioloi, S. Ostermiller, T.A. Mousseau. 2011. The effects of radiation on sperm swimming behavior depend on plasma oxidative status in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A – Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 159: 105-112 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.01.018)

Bonisoli-Alquati, A., , A. Voris, T. A. Mousseau, A. P. Møller, N. Saino, and M. Wyatt. 2010. DNA damage in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) from the Chernobyl region detected by the use of the Comet assay. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 151: 271-277. (pdf)

Bonisoli-Alquati, A., T. A. Mousseau, A. P. Møller, M. Caprioli, and N. Saino. 2010. Increased oxidative stress in barn swallows from the Chernobyl region. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, part A 155: 205-210 . (pdf)

Møller, A. P., T.A. Mousseau and G. Rudolfsen. 2008. Females affect sperm swimming performance : a field experiment with barn swallows Hirundo rustica. Behavioral Ecology 19(6):1343-1350. (pdf)

Møller, A. P., F. Karadas, & T. A. Mousseau. 2008. Antioxidants in eggs of great tits Parus major from Chernobyl and hatching success. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 178:735-743. (pdf)

Kravets А.P, T.A. Mousseau, Omel’chenko1 Zh. A., Kozeretska I.A., Vengjen G.S. 2009. Dynamics of hybrid dysgenesis frequency in Drosophila melanogaster following controlled protracted radiation exposure. Cytology and Genetics, in press (in Russian).

Kravets A.P., Mousseau T.A., Litvinchuk A.V., Ostermiller S., Vengjen G.S. 2009. Wheat seedlings DNA methylation pattern changes at chronic seeds γ- irradiation. Cytology and Genetics, in press (in Russian).

Kozeretska, I.A., A.V. Protsenko, E.S. Afanas’eva, S.R. Rushkovskii, A.I. Chuba, T.A. Mousseau, and A.P. Moller. 2008. Mutation processes in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster and Hirundo rustica from radiation-contaminated regions of Ukraine. Cytology and Genetics 42(4) : 267-271. (pdf)

Gashak, S.P., Y.A. Maklyuk, A.M. Maksimenko, V.M. Maksimenko, V.I. Martinenko, I.V. Chizhevsky, M.D. Bondarkov, T.A. Mousseau. 2008. The features of radioactive contamination of small birds in Chernobyl Zone in 2003-2005. Radiobiology and Radioecology 48: 27-47.(Russian). (pdf)

Møller, A. P., T. A. Mousseau, C. Lynn, S. Ostermiller, and G. Rudolfsen. 2008. Impaired swimming behavior and morphology of sperm from barn swallows Hirundo rustica in Chernobyl. Mutation Research, Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 650:210-216. (pdf)

Møller, A. P., T. A. Mousseau, F. de Lope and N. Saino. 2008. Anecdotes and empirical research in Chernobyl. Biology Letters, 4:65-66. (pdf)

Møller, A.P. T.A Mousseau . 2007. Birds prefer to breed in sites with low radioactivity in Chernobyl. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 274:1443-1448. (pdf)

Tsyusko, O.V., M.B. Peters, C. Hagen, T.D. Tuberville, T.A. Mousseau, A.P. Moller and T.C. Glenn. 2007. Microsatellite markers isolated from barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 833-835. (pdf)

Møller, A. P., Surai, P., and T. A. Mousseau. 2004. Antioxidants, radiation and mutations in barn swallows from Chernobyl. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, 272: 247-252. (pdf)

Camplani, A., N. Saino and A. P. Møller. 1999. Carotenoids, sexual signals and immune function in barn swallows from Chernobyl. - Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266:1111-1116, 1999 .

Møller, A.P. 1998. Developmental instability of plants and radiation from Chernobyl. - Oikos 81:444-448.

Ellegren, H., G. Lindgren, C. R. Primmer and A. P. Møller. 1997. Fitness loss and germline mutations in barn swallows breeding in Chernobyl. - Nature 389:593-596.

Impacts on Human Populations:

Svendsen, E.R., I.E. Kolpakov, Y.I. Stepanova, V.Y. Vdovenko, M.V. Naboka, T.A. Mousseau, L.C. Mohr, D.G. Hoel, W.J.J. Karmaus. 2009. ¹³⁷Cesium exposure and spirometry measures in Ukrainian children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear incident. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118:720-725. (pdf) .

Stepanova, E., W. Karmaus, M. Naboka, V. Vdovenko, T. Mousseau, V. Shestopalov, J. Vena, E. Svendsen, D. Underhill, and H. Pastides. 2008. Exposure from the Chernobyl accident had adverse effects on erythrocytes, leukocytes, and, platelets in children in the Narodichesky region, Ukraine. A 6-year follow-up study. Environmental Health, 7:21. (pdf)

Mousseau, T.A., N. Nelson, & V. Shestopalov. 2005. Don’t underestimate the death rate from Chernobyl. NATURE 437: 1089. (pdf)

Shestopalov, V., M. Naboka, E. Stepanova, E. Skvarska, T. Mousseau, and Y.Serkis. 2004. Risk assessment of morbidity under conditions with different levels of radionuclides and heavy metals. Bulletin of the Chernobyl Zone 24(2): 40-47. (In Ukrainian). (pdf)