Contents 



Introduction 1 



Rationale 1 



Data Collection and Organization 2 



Selection of estuaries 2 



Selection of species 3 



Data sheets 5 



Data verification 6 



Results 6 



Presence/absence of ELMR species 6 



Data sunnmaries 6 



Seasonal comparisons 6 



Data Content and Quality 7 



Variability in space and time 7 



Life history notes 13 



Coupling of Estuarine and Marine Ecosystems 16 



Classifying and comparing estuaries 16 



Linkages to marine ecosystems 16 



East Coast of North America Strategic Assessment Project 17 



Acknowledgments 17 



Literature Cited 17 



Data Summary Tables 1 9 



Table 4. Spatial distribution and relative abundance 21 



Table 5. Temporal distribution and relative abundance 67 



Tables. Data reliability 157 



Appendices 191 



Appendix 1. National Estuarine Inventory map of Delaware Bay 193 



Appendix 2. Table of references and personal communications 194 



Appendix 3. Reviewers and personal communications 239 



Appendix 4. References 245 



