List of Figures 



Figure 1 . ELMR study regions and regional research labs. 



Figure 2. Major steps taken to complete the Central Gulf of Mexico study. 



Figure 3. ELMR Central Gulf of Mexico estuaries and associated salinity zones. 



Figure 4. Example of a species/estuary data sheet: bay anchovy in Barataria Bay. 



Figure 5. Number of species in Central Gulf estuaries by salinity zone, life stage, and month 



Figure 6. Numbers of species in tidal fresh zone, by season and estuary. 



Figure 6 (continued). Numbers of species in mixing zone, by season and estuary. 



Figure 7. Mean number of species as larvae (averaged across estuaries), by month and salinity zone. 



Figure 8. Comparison of ELMR estuaries with LDWF Coastal Study Areas and GCRL Mississippi Sound stations. 



Figure 9. Monthly mean abundances caught in trawls in LDWF Coastal Study Areas and Mississippi Sound. 



a. brown shrimp 



b. spot 



List of Tables 



Table 1 . ELMR species list for the central Gulf of Mexico. 



Table 2. Spatial distribution and relative abundance. 



Tables. Temporal distribution. 



Table 4. Data reliability. 



