Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Northern shrimp 



Pandalus 

 borealis 





Sevenspine 

 bay shrimp 



Crangon 

 septemspinosa 



American lobster 



Homarus 

 americanus 



Jonah crab 



Cancer 

 borealis 



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Atlantic rock crab 



Cancer 

 irroratus 





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ID 



Green crab 



Carcinus 

 maenas 



A 

 M 

 J 



L 

 E 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■■ Highly Abundant 



Blank 



Abundant 



Common 



Rare 



Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



M - Mating 



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