TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Volume 1 



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LIST OF TABLES (for all volumes) xlv 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



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CHAPTER 1 

 CHAPTER 2 

 CHAPTER 3 



ORGANIZATION OF THE CHARACTERIZATION 



THE COASTAL MAINE ECOSYSTEM 



HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM . . . 



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Volume 2 



CHAPTER 4 

 CHAPTER 5 

 CHAPTER 6 

 CHAPTER 7 

 CHAPTER 8 

 CHAPTER 9 

 CHAPTER 10 



THE MARINE SYSTEM 



THE ESTUARINE SYSTEM 



THE RIVERINE SYSTEM 



THE LACUSTRINE SYSTEM 



THE PALUS TRINE SYSTEM 



THE FOREST SYSTEM 



AGRICULTURAL AND DEVELOPED LANDS 



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Volume 3 



LIST OF FIGURES 

 LIST OF TABLES 

 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



CHAPTER 11: FISHES 



DATA SOURCES 



THE MAJOR FISHES OF COASTAL MAINE 



DISTRIBUTION 



Seasonal Occurrence and Migration 



Anadromous and Catadromous Fish Distribution 

 REPRODUCTION 



Fecundity , 



Spawning Habits , 



EARLY LIFE HISTORY , 



larval Populations 



FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS , 



FACTORS AFFECTING DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE . , 



Water Temperature , 



Salinity . 



Competition 



Predation and Harvest 



Diseases and Parasites , 



Dams and Obstructions 



Water Quality 



Turbidity 



Dissolved oxygen 



Pathogens 



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