Table 3, continued. Temporal distribution 



Estuary 



Month 



Species / Lite Stage 



Pink shrimp 



Penaeus 

 duorarum 



Central Gulf of Mexico Estuaries 



Mississippi Sound 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Lake Borgne 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Lake Pontchartrain 



JFMAMJJASOND 



White shrimp 



Penaeus 

 setiferus 



A 

 S 



J 

 L 



E 



Grass shrimp 



Palaemonetes 

 pugio 



A 

 S 

 J 

 L 



E 







Spiny lobster 



Panulirus 

 argus 



Blue crab 



Callinectes 

 sapidus 



A 



M 



J 



L 



S 



Gulf stone crab 



Menippe 

 adina 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Mississippi Sound 



Lake Borgne 



Lake Pontchartrain 



Central Gulf of Mexico Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 

 ■■ Highly Abundant 

 {-■■••■■■■■■-■I Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



M - Mating 



E - Eggs 



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