Contents 



Introduction 1 



Rationale 1 



Data Collection and Organization 2 



Selection of estuaries 2 



Selection of species 4 



Datasheets 5 



Data verification 6 



Results 6 



Presence/absence 6 



Data summary tables 6 



Data Content and Quality 6 



Analysis of data content and quality 7 



Variability in space and time 8 



Life history notes 8 



Life history summaries 11 



Life history tables 1 1 



Use of ELMR Data 11 



Classifying and comparing estuaries 11 



Linkages to marine ecosystems 12 



East Coast Strategic Assessment 12 



Acknowledgments 12 



Literature Cited 13 



Data Summary Tables 1 5 



Table 3. Presence/absence of ELMR species 16 



Table 4. Spatial distribution and relative abundance 19 



Table 5. Temporal distribution 61 



Table 6. Data reliability 151 



Appendices 193 



Appendix 1. National Estuarine Inventory Map of Mobile Bay 194 



Appendix 2. Table of references and personal communications 195 



Appendix 3. Reviewers and personal communications 226 



Appendix 4. References 230 



