Table 5, continued. Temporal distribution 



Estuary / Month 



Mid-Atlantic Estuaries 



Waquoit Bay 



Buzzards Bay 



Narragansett Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Red hake 



Urophycis 

 chuss 



[ZD 



• I I 



Oyster toadfish 



Opsanus 

 tau 



Sheepshead 

 minnow 



Cyprinodon 

 variegatus 



Kiliifishes 



Fundulus 

 species 





Silversides 



Menidia 

 species 



Northern pipefish 



Syngnathus 

 fuscus 



A 

 M 



J 

 L 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Waquoit Bay 



Buzzards Bay 



Narragansett Bay 



Relative Abundance 

 ^^M Highly Abundant 

 MMM Abundant 

 I I Connmon 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



M - Mating 



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