Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blue mussel 



Mytilus 

 edulis 



Sea scallop 



Placopecten 

 magellanicus 



na 



I *;;■:•;;: I 



na 

 na 



American oyster 



Crassostrea 

 virginica 



Northern quahog 



Mercenaria 

 mercenaria 



Softshell clam 



Mya 

 arenaria 



Daggerblade 

 grass shrimp 



Palaemonetes 

 pugio 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■■ Highly Abundant 

 Abundant 

 Common 

 Rare 



Not Present 

 No data available 



Blank 



na 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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