| Acronym | Meaning |
| NWC | National Water Council (UK) |
| LPVD | Laser Physical Vapor Deposition |
| PDEA | Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment |
| OMZ | Oxygen Min. Zone |
| HC | Hazardous Constituent |
| FTICRMS | Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry |
| FUMI | Function Of Mutual Information |
| REES | Red Edge Excitation Shift |
| GTAW | Gas-tungsten Arc Welding |
| VSM | Vascular Smooth Muscle |