Table 5, continued. Temporal distribution 



Mid-Atlantic Estuaries 



Estuary / Month 



Choptank River 



Patuxent River 



Potomac River 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Daggerblade 

 grass shrimp 



Palaemonetes 

 pugio 



Sevenspine 

 bay shrimp 



Crangon 

 septemspinosa 



■UU 



American lobster 



Homarus 

 americanus 



Blue crab 



Callinectes 

 sapidus 



A 



M 



J 



L 



E 



Skates 



Raja 

 species 



A 



M 

 J 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Choptank River 



Patuxent River 



Potomac River 



Relative Abundance 

 ■■ Highly Abundant 

 ^"••■■■■•"" 1 Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



M - Mating 



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