Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Great Bay 



Merrimack River 



Massachusetts 

 Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Red hake 



Urophycis 

 chuss 



White hake 



Urophycis 

 tenuis 



CD- 



Mummichog 



Fundulus 

 heteroclitus 



Silversides 



Menidia 

 species 



Fourspine 

 stickleback 



Apeltes 

 quadracus 



Threespine 

 stickleback 



Gasterosteus 

 aculeatus 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Great Bay 



Merrimack River 



Massachusetts 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



^■1 Highly Abundant 



Abundant 



Common 



Rare 



Not Present 



No data available 



Blank 

 na 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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