Table 5, continued. Temporal distribution 



Gulf of Mexico Estuaries 



Estuary / Month 



Charlotte Harbor 



Tampa Bay 



Suwannee River 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Bay scallop 



Argopecten 

 irradians 



American oyster 



Crassostrea 

 virginica 



D 



n 



Common rangia 



Rangia 

 cuneata 



\ \ 



I i 



Hard clam 



Mercenaria 

 species 



Bay squid 



Lolliguncula 

 brevis 



Brown shrimp 



Penaeus 

 aztecus 



■■■€ 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Charlotte Harbor 



Tampa Bay 



Suwannee River 



Relative Abundance 



^^M Highly Abundant 



OmD 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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