Table 5 (continued). Temporal distribution and relative abundance 



Estuary / Month 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



Species / Lite Stage 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



American plaice 



Hippoglossoides 

 platesoides 



•I I 



Winter flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 americanus 



Yellowtail 

 flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 ferrugineus 



Smooth flounder 



Pleuronectes 

 putnami 



JFMAMJJASOND 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Boston Harbor 



Cape Cod Bay 



North Atlantic Estuaries 



Relative Abundance 

 ■■ Highly Abundant 

 HHO Abundant 

 I I Common 



Rare 



Blank Not Present 



Life Stage 



A - Adults 



S - Spawning adults 



J - Juveniles 



L - Larvae 



E - Eggs 



m 



