Table 5, continued. Temporal distribution 



Mid-Atlantic Estuaries 



Estuary/ Month 



Waquoit Bay 



Buzzards Bay 



Narragansett Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Atlantic croaker 



Micropogonias 

 undulatus 



Black drum 



Pogonias 

 cromis 



Red drum 



Sciaenops 

 ocellatus 



Mullets 



Mugil 

 species 



Tautog 



Tautoga 

 onitis 



Cunner 



Tautogolabrus 

 adspersus 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Waquoit Bay 



Buzzards Bay 



Narragansett Bay 



Relative Abundance 

 ■■■ Highly Abundant 

 MMM 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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