| Acronym | Meaning |
| EU | Exposure Unit |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service (of NOAA) |
| ERG | Emergency Response Guidebook |
| NCWQ | National Commission On Water Quality |
| TRACE | Transport And Atmospheric Chemistry Near The Equator |
| SCP | Sterol Carrier Protein |
| SEM | Std. Error Of The Mean |
| CSDA | Continuous Slowing Down Approximation |
| GCDIS | Global Change Data And Information System |
| MLD | Magnetic Linear Dichroism |