Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Casco Bay 



Saco Bay 



Wells Harbor 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Northern shrimp 



Pandalus 

 borealis 



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Sevenspine 

 bay shrimp 



Crangon 

 septemspinosa 



American lobster 



Homarus 

 americanus 





Jonah crab 



Cancer 

 borealis 



Atlantic rock crab 



Cancer 

 irroratus 



Green crab 



Carcinus 

 maenas 



A 

 M 

 J 



L 

 E 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Casco Bay 



Saco Bay 



Wells Harbor 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■M Highly Abundant 

 MMM 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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