Ac c e p te d P r e p r i n t This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved 1 Original Article Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management DOI 10.1002/ieam.1702 A tiered, integrated biological and chemical monitoring framework for contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in aquatic ecosystems †† Running title: Integrated monitoring framework for emerging contaminants Keith A. Maruya†*, Nathan G. Dodder†, Alvine C. Mehinto†, Nancy D. Denslow‡, Daniel Schlenk§, Shane A. Snyder|| and Stephen B. Weisberg† †Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority, 3535 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 ‡ Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 § Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 || Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 *To whom correspondence may be addressed Keith Maruya 3535 Harbor Blvd, Suite 110 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 USA Phone: 714-755-3214; FAX: 714-755-3299 keithm@sccwrp.org †† This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: [10.1002/ieam.1702] This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Submitted 23 April 2015; Returned for Revision 20 July 2015; Accepted 20 July 2015