| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCLM | Scanning Confocal Laser Microscopy |
| GEF | Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor |
| CCMST | Co-ordinating Committee On Marine Science And Technology (UK) |
| POM | Particulate Organic Matter |
| TPCF | Two-point Correlation Function |
| CTARC | Chemical Testing And Assessment Research Commission |
| SMP | Submitochondrial Particle |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CLIP | Corticotropin-Like Intermediate-lobe Peptide |
| PNA | Peanut Agglutinin |