| Acronym | Meaning |
| IASAP | International Arctic Seas Assessment Project |
| DSA | Dynamic Strain Aging |
| SAMPL | Selective Amplification Of Microsatellite Polymorphic Loci |
| WELAC | Western European Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
| CAP | Cellulose Acetate Propionate |
| ESEM | Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| TLC | Thin-layer Chromatography |
| PROW | Protein Reviews On The Web |
| HSSPME | Headspace Solid-phase Microextraction |
| GEA | Gradient-expansion Approxn. (in Exchange-energy Calcns.) |