Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Ocean pout 



Macrozoarces 

 americanus 



□■ 



Rock gunnel 



Pholis 

 gunnelus 



I I 



I I 



I I -□ 



I I 



I 1 -□ 



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I I -□ 



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 -i i 



I IlliB 1 



I :S:5l: I 



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 ...|— J... 



I ZZ1" 



- I I " 



■n 



■n 



American sand 

 lance 



Ammodytes 

 americanus 



Atlantic mackerel 



Scomber 

 scombrus 



Butterfish 



Peprilus 

 triacanthus 



Windowpane 



Scopthalmus 

 aquosus 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 

 ■H Highly Abundant 

 iH Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



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