Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



Species / Lite Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Red hake 



Urophycis 

 chuss 



White hake 



Urophycis 

 tenuis 



Mummichog 



Fundulus 

 heteroclitus 



Silversides 



Menidia 

 species 



Fourspine 

 stickleback 



Apeltes 

 quadracus 



A 

 S 

 J 



L 

 E 



Threespine 

 stickleback 



Gasterosteus 

 aculeatus 



r 



I — I - 

 I — I 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



^■1 Highly Abundant 



EH! 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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