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 



American plaice a 



S 

 Hippoglossoides j 

 platesoides 



E 





•I I- 



Winter flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 americanus 



Yellowtail 

 flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 ferrugineus 



Smooth flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 putnami 



□ 



□ 



□ 



■mo 



□ 



Emnnn 



□ 



□ 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Blue Hill Bay 



Penobscot Bay 



Muscongus 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■■I 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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