Application of the Presence BRI and BRI to outfall monitoring data from 1972 to 1995 at Los Angeles County Station 6C (2.2 km from the outfall) and Station 0C (14.7 km from the outfall).

<p>Application of the Presence BRI and BRI to outfall monitoring data from 1972 to 1995 at Los Angeles County Station 6C (2.2 km from the outfall) and Station 0C (14.7 km from the outfall).</p

Presence BRI assessment categories, assessment thresholds, and percentage of samples in agreement with abundance BRI assessment category in the 493 sample calibration data.

<p>Presence BRI assessment categories, assessment thresholds, and percentage of samples in agreement with abundance BRI assessment category in the 493 sample calibration data.</p

Sediment metal and organic nitrogen concentrations from 1972 to 1995 at Los Angeles County Stations 6C and 0C, for which benthic index data are presented in <b>Figures 3</b> and <b>4</b>.

<p>For each sample, concentrations of eight metals are integrated as mean effects range median (ERM, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0040875#pone.0040875-Long1" target="_blank">[17]</a>) quotients. For each metal, the ERM quotient measures the ratio of the observed concentration to the value at which biological effects are likely, and the mean ERM quotient for the eight metals is an integrated measure of the likelihood of contaminant effects.</p

Application of the Presence AMBI and AMBI to 1990 seasonal outfall monitoring data at Orange County Station 0 (adjacent to the outfall) and Station Con (8 km from the outfall).

<p>Application of the Presence AMBI and AMBI to 1990 seasonal outfall monitoring data at Orange County Station 0 (adjacent to the outfall) and Station Con (8 km from the outfall).</p

Presence AMBI assessment categories, assessment thresholds, and percentage of samples in agreement with abundance AMBI assessment category in the 493 sample calibration data.

<p>Presence AMBI assessment categories, assessment thresholds, and percentage of samples in agreement with abundance AMBI assessment category in the 493 sample calibration data.</p

Relationship between Presence BRI (BRI-P) and the original abundance BRI.

<p>Vertical and horizontal lines indicate assessment thresholds for the BRI <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0040875#pone.0040875-Smith1" target="_blank">[12]</a> and BRI-P (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0040875#pone-0040875-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>), respectively.</p

Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between benthic indices and measures of pollution at Los Angeles County Stations 6C and 0C from 1972 to 1995.

<p>Organic nitrogen is a measure of eutrophication and the mean ERM <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0040875#pone.0040875-Long1" target="_blank">[17]</a> quotient is a measure of sediment contamination. For each of eight measured metals, the ERM quotient measures the ratio of the observed concentration to the value at which biological effects are likely, and the mean ERM quotient for the eight metals is an integrated measure of the likelihood of contaminant effects.</p

Application of the Presence AMBI and AMBI to outfall monitoring data from 1972 to 1995 at Los Angeles County Station 6C (2.2 km from the outfall) and Station 0C (14.7 km from the outfall).

<p>Application of the Presence AMBI and AMBI to outfall monitoring data from 1972 to 1995 at Los Angeles County Station 6C (2.2 km from the outfall) and Station 0C (14.7 km from the outfall).</p

Barcoding success rates.

<p>The percentages of species yielding COI sequences of more than 500 base pairs are presented.</p

Application of the Presence BRI and BRI to 1990 seasonal outfall monitoring data at Orange County Station 0 (adjacent to the outfall) and Station Con (8 km from the outfall).

<p>Application of the Presence BRI and BRI to 1990 seasonal outfall monitoring data at Orange County Station 0 (adjacent to the outfall) and Station Con (8 km from the outfall).</p