| Acronym | Meaning |
| IBI | Index Of Biotic Integritypar |
| PDEA | Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment |
| DBMS | Data Base Management System |
| BEKP | Backscattered Electron Kikuchi Pattern |
| QCC | Quadrupole Coupling Constant |
| LCW | Liquid Core Waveguide |
| CGHE | Carrier Gas Hot Extraction |
| DEIA | DNA Enzyme Immunoassay |
| MMS | Molecular Modulation Spectroscopy |
| TBW | Total Body Water |