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 



Red hake 



Urophycis 

 chuss 



White hake 



Urophycis 

 tenuis 



Mummichog 



Fundulus 

 heteroclifus 



Silversides 



Menidia 

 species 



Fourspine 

 stickleback 



Apeltes 

 quadracus 



□• 



Threespine 

 stickleback 



Gasterosteus 

 aculeatus 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blue Hill Bay 



Penobscot Bay 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■■■ Highly Abundant 



EHH 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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