Table 5, continued. Temporal distribution 



Mid-Atlantic Estuaries 



Estuary / Month 



Long Island Sound 



Connecticut River 



Gardiners Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



American 

 sand lance 



Ammodytes 

 americanus 



a 



IZH 



J- 



Gobies 



Gobiosoma 

 species 



• I 1 - 



Atlantic mackerel 



Scomber 

 scombrus 



n- 



Butterfish 



Peprilus 

 triacanthus 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Long Island Sound 



Connecticut River 



Gardiners Bay 



Relative Abundance 

 IHH Highly Abundant 

 ^■•■■■"-^■■ 1 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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