| Acronym | Meaning |
| PQC | Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal |
| NSR | Normalized Stoichiometric Ratio |
| HEPES | N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic Acid |
| ARC | Advanced Regulatory Control |
| MASIF | Measurement And Analysis Of Surface Interaction Forces |
| ODAS | Ocean Data Acquisition System |
| CCAA | Canadian Clean Air Act |
| VACE | Vacancy Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis |
| CTDO | Conductivity-Temperature-Depth-Oxygen Profiler |
| BPC | N-butylpyridinium Chloride |