| Acronym | Meaning |
| GESAMP | Group Of Experts On The Scientific Aspects Of Marine Pollution |
| ELF | Environmental Load Factor |
| DMPK | Drug Metabolism And Pharmacokinetics |
| BSH | Bile Salt Hydrolase |
| NRW | Null Reflecting Water |
| CFM | Charge-fluctuation Model |
| ADCP | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| DHCP | Double Hexagonal Close Packedpar |
| ISM | Interstellar Medium |
| AFA | Abstract Factor Anal. (statistics) |