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 



Northern shrimp 



Pandalus 

 borealis 



•a 



-a- 



E=3 



•D 



Sevenspine 

 bay shrimp 



Crangon 

 septemspinosa 



American lobster 



Homarus 

 americanus 



•mo- 



Jonah crab 



Cancer 

 borealis 



I 1 



Atlantic rock crab 



Cancer 

 irroratus 



Green crab 



Carcinus 

 maenas 



A 



M 

 J 



L 

 E 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJ-ASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blue Hill Bay 



Penobscot Bay 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 

 ■■ Highly Abundant 

 mil Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



M - Mating 



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