Table 1. Characteristics of the experimental organisms (species, stage, average size) and experimental conditions concentration (Conc) of individuals per liter, number of individuals per treatment (n), temperature (T), seawater salinity (S), total exposure time, crude oil exposure levels) used in the crude oil exposure experiments.

Species	Stage	Size (cm) Avg ± SD	Conc (Ind. L−1)	n	T (°C)	S (‰)	Exposure time (d)	Oil exposure conc. (µL L−1)
Pelagia noctiluca	adult	1.7±0.2	5	5	22.8	33.4	<1	20, 40
Aurelia aurita	adult	10.8±2.5	0.1	3	24.9	33.5	6	1, 5, 25
Aurelia aurita	ephyra larva	0.07±0.14	25	50	25.0	33.0	3	0.1, 1, 10
Mnemiopsis leidyi	adult	2.7±0.4	0.7	16	24.9	33.5	6	1, 5, 25
Mnemiopsis leidyi	Cydippid larva	0.53±0.13	20	40	25.0	33.0	6	1, 5, 10, 25

SD: standard deviation.