Hypoxia Enhances the Toxicity of Corexit EC9500A and Chemically Dispersed Southern Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil (MC-242) to Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) Larvae

Subham Dasgupta; Irvin J. Huang; Anne E. McElroy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128939

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Hypoxia Enhances the Toxicity of Corexit EC9500A and Chemically Dispersed Southern Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil (MC-242) to Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) Larvae

Subham Dasgupta ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Subham Dasgupta, Irvin J. Huang

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Irvin J. Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Subham Dasgupta, Irvin J. Huang

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Anne E. McElroy

* E-mail: Anne.McElroy@Stonybrook.edu

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Hypoxia Enhances the Toxicity of Corexit EC9500A and Chemically Dispersed Southern Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil (MC-242) to Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) Larvae

Subham Dasgupta,
Irvin J. Huang,
Anne E. McElroy

Published: June 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128939

About the Authors

Subham Dasgupta

Contributed equally to this work with: Subham Dasgupta, Irvin J. Huang

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Irvin J. Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Subham Dasgupta, Irvin J. Huang

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Anne E. McElroy

* E-mail: Anne.McElroy@Stonybrook.edu

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD IJH AEM. Performed the experiments: SD IJH. Analyzed the data: SD IJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEM. Wrote the paper: SD IJH AEM. Obtained permission to maintain breeding colony of sheepshead minnows: AEM.

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