Table 5, continued. Temporal distribution 



Estuary / Month 



Species / Life Stage 



Mid-Atlantic Estuaries 



Long Island Sound 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Connecticut River 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Gardiners Bay 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Alewife A 



S 

 Alosa J 



pseudoharengus , 



L 



Annerican shad 



Alosa 

 sapidissima 



Atlantic menhaden 



Brevoortia 

 tyrannus 





DE 



•n- 



Atlantic herring 



Clupea 

 harengus 





Bay anchovy 



Anchoa 

 mitchilli 



Channel catfish 



Ictalurus 

 punctatus 





JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Long Island Sound 



Connecticut River 



Gardiners Bay 



Relative Abundance 

 ^^B Highly Abundant 

 Em Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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