Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



Species / Life Stage 



Blueback herring 



Alosa 

 aestivalis 



Alewife 



Alosa 

 pseudoharengus 



American shad 



Alosa 

 sapidissima 



Atlantic menhaden 



Brevoortia 

 tyrannus 



Atlantic herring 



Clupea 

 harengus 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Blue Hill Bay 



JFMAMJJASOND 



T 



■I — »■ 



Penobscot Bay 



JFMAMJJASOND 



I 1- 





na 



na 

 na 



• I SMI I - 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



JFMAMJJASOND 



na 

 na 





"L 



Rainbow smelt 



Osmerus 

 mordax 



m 





J3 



I 1 



-CD- 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJA S OND 



Blue Hill Bay 



Penobscot Bay 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■■i Highly Abundant 



P jjlliljjlill| l Abundant 



I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



na No data available 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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