Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Passamaquoddy Bay 



Englishman/Machias 

 Bays 



Narraguagus 

 Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blueback herring 



Alosa 

 aestivalis 



ED- 



T 



nn 



Alewife 



Alosa 

 pseudoharengus 



American shad 



Alosa 

 sapidissima 



•CD- 

 (ZZI 



Atlantic menhaden 



Brevoortia 

 tyrannus 



■\ I 



Atlantic herring 



Clupea 

 harengus 



D 



□• 



Rainbow smelt 



Osmerus 

 mordax 



•□• 



•□■ 



J- 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Passamaquoddy Bay 



Englishman/Machias 

 Bays 



Narraguagus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



^^M Highly Abundant 

 EMU Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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