Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Blue Hill Bay 



Penobscot Bay 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blue mussel 



Mytilus 

 edulis 



Sea scallop 



Placopecten 

 magellanicus 



American oyster 



Crassostrea 

 virginica 



Northern quahog 



Mercenaria 

 mercenaria 



na 



na 



na 



na 

 na 



na 

 na 



na 

 na 



Softshell clam 



Mya 

 arenaria 



Daggerblade 

 grass shrimp 



Palaemonetes 

 pugio 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blue Hill Bay 



Penobscot Bay 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



MH Highly Abundant 



iH Abundant 



1 I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



na No data available 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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