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APPENDIX B
Abbreviated Terms
AOSS Airborne Oil Surveillance System (USCG)
API American Petroleum Institute
ASTM American Society of Testing Materials
ATP adenosine triphosphate
BaP Benzota~pyrene
bbl barrels
bbl/d barrels per day
BLM Bureau of Land Management
14C radioactive carbon
CBT clean ballast tanks
COW crude oil washing
DCMU 3-~3,4-dichlorophyll) 1,1-dimethyl urea
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAME fatty acid methyl esters
GC gas chromatography
GC/MS gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
g/d, g/cap/d grams per day, grams per capita per day
g, kg, me, fig, ng gram, kilogram, milligram, microgram, nanogram
gt gross tonnage
ha hectare (10,000 m2)
HMWH high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons
HP horse power
HPLC high pressure liquid chromatography
ICES International Council for the Exploration of
the Seas
IFP French Institute of Petroleum (Institut
Francais du Petrol)
IGOSS Integrated Global Ocean Station Systems
IMO International Maritime Organization
INTERTANKO International Association of Independent Tanker
Owners
IOC/WMO
IR
International Oceanographic Commission/World
Meteorological Organization
infrared
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ITOPF International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
Ltd .
JASIN Joint Air/Sea Interaction project
L , mL , pL , nL li ter , mill iliter, microli ter, nanoliter
LC liquid chromatography
LC50 median lethal concentration
LM9tH low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons
LOT load-on-top
m, km, mm, Am meter, kilometer, millimeter, micrometer (micron)
MARPOL 73/78 International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modif fed by the
protocol of 1978 relating thereto
MERL Mar ine Ecosystems Research Laboratory (University
of Rhode I stand ~
MESA Mar ine Ecosystems Analysis pro ject
MEN microsomal cytochrome P450 mixed-function oxidase
mg/L milligrams per liter
MO monooxygenases
MPN most probable number
mt million metric* tons
mta million metric* tons per annum
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPC National Petroleum Council
NSO nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen components
OCS outer continental shelf
OILPOL 54/69 International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution of the Sea by Oil 1954, as amended in
1969
O:N ratio the ratio of oxygen consumed to nitrogen excreted
PAN polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
PDB Peedee Belemnite, geological formation from which
rock reference standard for C stable isotope was
obtained
PHC petroleum hydrocarbons
PAM petroleum transforming microorganisms
RNA r ibonucleic acid
SBT segregated ballast tanks
SCCWRP Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
SCEP Study of Critical Environmental Problems
SGO s ilica-gel-oil medium
SLAR Side-Look ing Airborne Radar
SRM standard reference mixture
TC total cargo carrying capacity
THC total hydrocarbons
Urn! unresolved complex mixture
USCG United States Coast Guard
USGS On ited States Geological Survey
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UV, W/F
VLCC
VLH
WHOI
WSF
ultraviolet, ultraviolet fluorescence
very large crude carr iers
volatile liquid hydrocarbons
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
water-soluble fraction
*Metr ic understood when abbreviated.
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