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Florida


REGIONAL SALINITY ISOHALINE DISTRIBUTION MAPS
Spring Salinity Summer Salinity Fall Salinity Winter Salinity



Salinity Time Periods: H = high, D = decreasing, L = low, I = increasing

ESTUARY-SPECIFIC ISOHALINE DISTRIBUTION MAPS
Estuary/Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perdido Bay D L L L I I I I I H H H
Pensacola Bay D L L L I I I I H H H D
Choctawhatchee Bay D L L L I I I I H H H D
St. Andrew Bay D L L L I I I I H H H D
Apalachicola Bay D L L L I I I I H H H D
Apalachee Bay D L L L I I I I H H H D
Suwannee River D L L L I I I I I H H H
Tampa Bay I I I H H H D L L L I I
Caloosahatchee River I I H H H D L L L I I I
Charlotte Harbor I I I H H H D L L L I I
North Ten Thousand Islands I I I I H H H D L L L I
South Ten Thousand Islands I I I I H H H D L L L I
Florida Bay I I I I H H H D L L L I



Spring = (March-May)
Summer = (June-August)
Fall = (September-November)
Winter = (December-February)


Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR) Abundance and Distribution Maps
Thumbnail of White Shrimp White Shrimp
(Penaeus setiferus) 		Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Pink Shrimp Pink Shrimp
(Penaeus duorarum)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Brown Shrimp Brown Shrimp
(Penaeus aztecus)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Spiny Lobster Spiny Lobster
(Panulirus argus)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Stone Crab Stone Crab
(Menippe mercenaria)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Gulf Stone Crab Gulf Stone Crab
(Menippe adina)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Gray snapper Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Red drum Red drum
(Sciaenops ocellatus)		 Winter Fall SummerSpring
Thumbnail of Spanish Mackerel Spanish Mackerel
(Scomberomorus maculatus)		 Winter Fall Summer Spring




Non-ELMR Abundance and Distribution Maps
Thumbnail of Gag Gag
(Mycteroperca microlepis)		 WinterFall Summer Spring
Thumbnail of Yellowtail snapper Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)		 Winter Fall SummerSpring
Thumbnail of Lane snapper Lane snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)		 Winter Fall SummerSpring
Thumbnail of Mutton snapper Mutton snapper
(Lutjanis analis)		 Winter Fall SummerSpring