L-5 
Table 1. Revised Table 24 of Dauer et al. (2002). Coefficients and cutoff values for the Baywide linear discriminant 
function for classifying severely degraded and degraded sites into the Contaminant and Other stress 
groups using "uncorrected" data. 
Variable 
Coefficient 
Variable Coefficient 
Isopoda abundance 
2.01518 
Nereidae abundance 
-0.28511 
Isopoda diversity 
-3.07226 
Nereidae richness 
-0.53535 
Isopoda proportional abundance 
9.45420 
Nereidae proportional abundance 
12.23099 
Amphipoda abundance 
0.38084 
Oligochaeta abundance 
0.43911 
Amphipoda richness 
-0.32010 
Oligochaeta richness 
1.37409 
Amphipoda proportional abun. 
-4.25029 
Oligochaeta proportional abundance 
-5.05367 
Haustoriidae abundance 
-3.85522 
Tubificidae abundance 
0.33669 
Haustoriidae diversity 
-1.39235 
Tubificidae richness 
0.96057 
Haustoriidae proportional abun. 
34.61687 
Tubificidae proportional abundance 
-2.27273 
Ampeliscidae abundance 
-1.57316 
Deep deposit feeder abundance 
-1.07320 
Ampeliscidae richness 
-1.79716 
Deep deposit feeder richness 
-2.43057 
Ampeliscidae proportional abun. 
25.88958 
Deep deposit feeder proportional abun. 
12.57963 
Corophiidae abundance 
37.26499 
Suspension feeder abundance 
1.05255 
Corophiidae richness 
-18.36548 
Suspension feeder richness 
-1.25065 
Corophiidae proportional abun. 
-2329.15377 
Suspension feeder proportional abun. 
2.17966 
Mollusca abundance 
2.52241 
Interface feeder abundance 
0.84134 
Mollusca richness 
0.74909 
Interface feeder richness 
-0.47052 
Mollusca proportional abundance 
-1.43165 
Interface feeder proportional abundance 
4.50630 
Bivalvia abundance 
.4.43466 
Carnivore-Omnivore abundance 
-0.05179 
Bivalvia richness 
1.28499 
Carnivore-Omnivore richness 
-0.00602 
Bivalvia proportional abundance 
-0.27727 
Carnivore-Omnivore proportional abun. 
3.13784 
Gastropoda abundance 
-1.23734 
Total Abundance 
0.18311 
Gastropoda richness 
-0.15477 
Total biomass 
4.75310 
Gastropoda proportional abun. 
-3.82240 
Biomass to abundance ratio 
123.97124 
Polychaeta abundance 
0.05506 
Infaunal species richness 
-0.04107 
Polychaeta richness 
0.46294 
Infaunal Shannon Wiener diversity 
1.22042 
Polychaeta proportional abun. 
-5.08183 
Infaunal species evenness 
-2.50732 
Spionidae abundance 
-0.02286 
Epifauna to Infaunal abundance ratio 
4.41998 
Spionidae richness 
-1.89087 
Epifauna species richness 
-0.96505 
Spionidae proportional abundance 
4.02486 
Epifaunal Shannon Wiener diversity 
-1.11725 
Capitellidae abundance 
0.48588 
Epifaunal species evenness 
5.85736 
Capitellidae richness 
2.55550 
Capitellidae proportional abun. 
-1.67289 
Cutoff Value = 2.56645 
appendix I 
Addendum to the Report 
