The effects of oil on juvenile blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) settlement, foraging, and predator avoidance: Field and laboratory experiments from 2015-07-19 to 2016-09-03

Data is reported from four investigative studies into the effects of oil on juvenile blue crabs in southern Louisiana marshes: 1) field and abundance data from crab collections on oiled and unoiled sites on four dates in 2015 and six dates in 2016, 2) field predation avoidance study at oiled and unoiled sites using crabs not previously exposed to oil, 3) field predation avoidance study at LUMCON using crabs that were exposed to oil in a laboratory, and 4) a laboratory experiment examining the effects of water accommodated fractions (WAFs) on the foraging behavior of juvenile blue crabs.