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List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols

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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Symbols

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

   
APC apical pore complex
ASP amnesic shellfish poisoning
   
CCHD Collier County Health Department
CCPCD Collier County Pollution Control and Prevention Department
CFP ciguatera fish poisoning
Co. county
   
DIC differential interference contrast
DO dissolved oxygen
DOH Department of Health
DSP diarrheic shellfish poisoning
   
E east
ECOHAB Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
   
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDACS Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FL Florida
FMRI FWC Florida Marine Research Institute
FWC Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FWRI Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
   
GOM Gulf of Mexico
   
HAB harmful algal bloom
HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography
   
JPEG joint photographic experts group
   
K. brevis Karenia brevis
   
L liter(s)
LCNRD Lee County Division of Natural Resources
   
mg milligram(s)
mi mile(s)
mL milliliter
MML Mote Marine Laboratory
   
N north
   
NE northeast
nm nautical mile(s)
NOAA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSP neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
NW northwest
   
PDF portable document format
ppt part(s) per thousand
PSP paralytic shellfish poisoning
   
RBNERR Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
RV research vessel
   
S south
SCCF Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
SE southeast
sp. species (singular)
spp. species (plural)
St. Saint
SW southwest
   
USF University of South Florida
   
W west
   

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SYMBOLS

   
° degree(s)
   
µg microgram(s) (one-millionth of a gram)
µm micrometer(s) (one-millionth of a meter)


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