| Table 5.1 Abundances of common taxa from sweep net sampling for Brunswick Town. Abundances recorded here are the mean (m2) from 10 replicate samples per date. Juvenile blue crab sizes by carapace width are j0=<12 mm, j13=13-25 mm, j25=>25 mm but <40 mm, and j40=>40 mm. | ||||||||||||||
Apr-98 |
May-98 |
Jun-98 |
Jul-98 |
Aug-98 |
Dec-98 |
Jan-99 |
Feb-99 |
Mar-99 |
Apr-99 |
May-99 |
Jun-99 |
Jul-99 |
Aug-99 |
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| Total C. sapidus | 0.16 |
0 |
0.24 |
1.36 |
0.32 |
0.08 |
0.32 |
0 |
0.08 |
0.32 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.24 |
0 |
| j0 | 0 |
0 |
0.16 |
0.72 |
0 |
0 |
0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.16 |
0.24 |
0 |
| j13 | 0.08 |
0 |
0 |
0.64 |
0.16 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
0.24 |
0 |
0 |
| j25 | 0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0.24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| j40 | 0.08 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Palaemonetes pugio | 6.88 |
2.56 |
5.12 |
2.56 |
0.24 |
0.08 |
0.88 |
0.64 |
0 |
3.2 |
2.16 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
0 |
| P. vulgaris | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| decapods | 0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0.32 |
0.24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
| fish (larval) | 1.36 |
0 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0.24 |
2.32 |
0.48 |
0.88 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
| Callinectes similis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Panopeus herbstii | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Xanthid crabs | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| hermit crabs | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Penaeidae (shrimp) | 0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0.16 |
0.24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hippolyte sp. | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.16 |
0 |
| Fundulus heteroclitus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Leiostomus
xanthurus and Micropogonias undulatus |
0.32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| flatfish | 0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
| blenny | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Gobisoma spp. | 0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |