The impact of crude oil and the dispersant Corexit on the survival of three key Gulf of Mexico invertebrate species of larval queen conch, oysters, and shrimp (S. gigas, C. virginica, P. duorarum) and their planktonic food sources, LC50 and IC50 laboratory experiments

Acute Static exposure laboratory experiments were conducted on various larval stages of queen conch, Strombus gigas (1, 2 and 3 weeks post hatch), eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (D stage, eyed), and pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum (nauplii V, zoea 1, mysis 1 and pl 6). Similar exposure experiments were conducted on the following species of plankton, used as larval food sources in culture and serving as a proxy for natural planktonic food sources: adult rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) and algae (Chaetocerous gracilis, Isochrysis galbana-Tahitian strain).