Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Great Bay 



Merrimack River 



Massachusetts 

 Bay 



Species / Life Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASONO 



JFMAMJJASOND 



American plaice a 



S 

 Hippoglossoides j 

 platesoides 



E 



Winter flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 americanus 



Yellowtail 

 flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 ferrugineus 



Smooth flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 putnami 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Great Bay 



Merrimack River 



Massachusetts 

 Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 



■■ Highly Abundant 



EMU Abundant 



1 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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