Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



Species / Life Stage 



Ninespine 

 stickleback 



A 

 S 



Pungitius 

 pungitius L 



E 



Northern pipefish 



Syngnathus 

 fuscus 



A 

 M 

 J 



L 



Northern searobin 



Phono tus 

 carolinus 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Passamaquoddy Bay 



JFMAMJJASOND 



I 1 ' 



•I 1 



I 1 " 



Englishman/Machias 

 Bays 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Narraguagus 

 Bay 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Grubby 



Myoxocephalus 

 aeneaus 



Longhorn sculpin A 



S 



Myoxocephalus J 



octodecemspinosus \_ 



□ 



Shorthorn sculpin 



Myoxocephalus 

 scorpius 



□■■ 



■□ 



•□ 



I 1 - 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Passamaquoddy Bay 



Englishman/Machias 

 Bays 



Narraguagus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



^■H Highly Abundant 

 HI Abundant 

 1 I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



M - Mating 



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