Table 2 



Station No. 



Shell Disease in the American Lobster, Homarus 

 americanus . (From Estrella, B.T. - unpublished data, 

 1984) . 



Location 



Number of 

 Lobsters 



Shell Disease Fecal Coliforms 



1 

 2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Cape Ann 28 



Massachusetts 24 



Bay (Broad 



Sound) 



0.0 

 12.5 



0.0 



9.7 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



4.3 



12.5 



22.9 



33.3 



50.0 



<36 

 930 



230 

 33 



36 



36 



540 



>1,600 



>11, 000 



No Data 



>16,000 



>1,600 



Note; 



Subsequent sampling of legal sized hard-shelled lobster was 

 undertaken in May 1985 and May 1986: 



Inside Boston Harbor - 47% (N-30) 



Buzzards Bay - 37% (N-59) . 



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