Effects of Saudi crude oil on survival and respiration rates of shrimps penaeus mandan

Abstract EN

-Th e Red Sea comprises a wide ran ge of t ropi cal marine habit at s , some of co ns iderable scientific.

eco nomic or re creation al valu es.

Th ese receiv e , either locally o r more widely, a va riety of st ress es as a result of man 's act ivity .

Conside rable indu st rial and urban developments a re cur re ntly taking place at many loc at ion s alo ng th e Red Sea, the largest and most widespread of which are co nce rne d with o il ex ploratio n and pro du ction (Dick s 1987) .

Information on the effects o f hydrocarbon s on Red Sea orga nisms is limited .

Much of the available informati on discu sses the effec ts of oil on cor als (Loya and Rinkevich 1980.

Ray 1981) .

T he pr esent study is intended to inves tiga te th e effe cts of Saudi cr ude oil.

in the form of water so luble frac tio ns (WSF) up on th e surviva l and resp iration ra tes of shri rnps (Pcnaeus mondon i .