Acronyms/Abbreviations
This List of Acronyms and other Abbreviations was compiled from the coral, coral
reef, marine tropical ecosystems, and related peer-reviewed literature, grey
literature, and other written and electronic reports, including e-mail messages.
The terms on the list number nearly 3,600 (as of February 2010) and continue to
grow on a daily to weekly basis. CoRIS invites readers to suggest additional
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I&M
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Inventory and Monitoring
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I-CREOS
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International Network of Coral Reef Ecosystem Observing Systems
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I-RASC
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Infra Red Light Against Surveillance Camera
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IAA
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Inter-agency agreement
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IABIN
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Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
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IABO
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International Association of Biological Oceanography
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IAC
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Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
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IACGEC
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Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
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IACMST
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Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (UK)
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IAEA
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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IAI
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Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
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IAM
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Invertebrate and Algae Monitoring
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IAMSLIC
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International Association of Aquatic & Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
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IAN
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Integration and Application Network (UMD Center for Environmental Science)
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IAP
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International Advisory Panel
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IAPSO
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International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
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IAPT
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International Association for Plant Taxonomy
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IAS
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Institute of Applied Science
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IAS
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Invasive Alien Species
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IAS
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Institute of Applied Sciences (USP)
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IAS-HYCOM
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Intra America Seas Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (RSMAS)
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IASCP
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International Association for the Study of Common Property
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IASI
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Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
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IASNFS
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Intra-Americas Sea Nowcast/Forecast System (NRL)
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IATTC
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Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
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IBA
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Important Bird Area
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IBAMA
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Brazilian Government Environmental Agency
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IBC
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International Bathymetric Charts
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IBCCA
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International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
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IBD
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Isolation By Distance
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IBI
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Index of Biological Integrity
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iBOL
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International Barcode of Life
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IBOY
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International Biodiversity Observation Year
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IBPoW
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Programmes of Work on Island Biodiversity
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IBRD
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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IBSS
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Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Ukraine)
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IC
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Ion chromatography
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ICA
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International Council on Archives
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ICAIS
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International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species
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ICAM
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Integrated Coastal Area Management
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ICBN
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International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
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ICC
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International Coastal Cleanup
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ICC
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Island Coordinating Council (Australia)
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ICCAT
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International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
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ICCB
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International Conference on Coelenterate Biology
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ICCB
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International Congress for Conservation Biology
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ICCOS
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Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee on Offshore Surveys
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ICCOS
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International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies
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ICCP
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International Climate Change Partnership
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ICES
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International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
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ICETA
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Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares (UP)
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ICLARM
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International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (now WorldFish Centre)
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ICM
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Integrated Coastal Management (also IC Zone M and IC Area M)
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ICMA
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Integrated Coastal Management Authority (Cuba)
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ICMBio
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Brazilian Governmental Agency for Biodiversity Conservation
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ICOD
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Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics
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ICOHH
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International Center for Ocean and Human Health (BIOS)
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ICOLL
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Intermittently Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoon
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ICoMM
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International Census of Marine Microbes
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ICON
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Integrated Coral Observing Network
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ICON/CREWS
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Integrated Coral Observing Network/Coral Reef Early Warning System (NOAA)
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ICOOS
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Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009
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ICOSRMI
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Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration
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ICP
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Integrated Contingency Plan
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ICPT
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Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy)
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ICRAN
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International Coral Reef Action Network
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ICRI
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International Coral Reef Initiative
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ICRIN
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International Coral Reef Information Network
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ICRMN
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Indian Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
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ICS
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Incident Command System
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ICS
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International Commission on Stratigraphy
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ICSU
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International Council of Scientific Unions
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ICT
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Information Communication Technology
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ICTF
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Irish Coral Task Force
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ICTV
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International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
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ICW
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Intracoastal waterway
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ICWRP
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International Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership
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ICZM
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Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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ICZN
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature; sometimes used for the "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature"
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ID
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Identification
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IDA
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Inventory, Discovery, Access (GBIF)
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IDCA
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International Dolphin Conservation Act of 1992
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IDCPA
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International Dolphin Conservation Program Act
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IDEA
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Integrated Data and Environmental Applications Center (NOAA)
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IDEAM
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Instituto de Estudios Ambientales (Colombia)
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IDIQ
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Indefinite Duration, Indefinite Quantity
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IDL
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Interactive Data Language
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IdO
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Instituto de Oceanología (Cuba)
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IDOE
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International Decade of Ocean Exploration
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IDRC
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International Development Research Center
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IE
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Interoperability Experiment
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IEA
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Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (NOAA)
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IEAs
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Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
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IEDC
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International Economic Development Council
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IEE
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Initial Environmental Examination
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IEEE
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Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineering
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IEF
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Isoelectric Focusing
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IEI
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International Environment Institute (UMT)
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IEM
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Integrated Ecosystem Management
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IEOS
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International Earth Observing System
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IERP
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Integrated Ecosystem Research Program
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IES
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Institute of Ecology and Systematics (CITMA)
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IET
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International Expert Team
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IETM
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Initial Eocene Thermal Maximum
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IFA
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Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act
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IFAME
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Institute for Applied Marine Ecology (CSUMB)
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IFEMS
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Integrated Fishery and Environmental Management Statement
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IFISH
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International Fishing Industry Safety & Health
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IFLA
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
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IFLPP
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International Fisheries Law and Policy Portal
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IFRECOR
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L'Initiative Française sur les Récifs Coralliens (French Coral Reef Initiative)
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IFREMER
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Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer
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IFTS
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Introduction from the Sea
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IGARSS
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International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
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IGBP
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International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (ICSU)
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IGBP-DIS
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International Geosphere-Biosphere Program Data and Information System
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IGDR
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Interim Geophysical Data Record
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IGEO
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Institute of Tropical Geography (CITMA)
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IGERT
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Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF)
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IGO
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Intergovernmental Organization
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IGOS
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Integrated Global Observing Strategy
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IGOSS
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Integrated Global Ocean Services System
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IGR
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Intergenic Region
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IGU
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International Geophysical Union
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IHEI
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International Hotels Environment Initiative
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IHO
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International Hydrographic Organization
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IIFB
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International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
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IIOE
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International Indian Ocean Expedition
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IKBS
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Iterative Knowledge Base System (La Réunion. Fr)
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IKONOS
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High-resolution commercial earth imaging satellite operated by Space Imaging, Inc
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ILTER
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International Long-Term Ecological Research
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IMA
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Institute of Marine Affairs (Trinidad and Tobago)
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IMA
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International Marinelife Alliance
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IMAR
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Institute of Marine Research (UA)
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IMarEST
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Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (SIO)
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IMARPE
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Instituto del Mar del Perú
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IMaRS
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Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (USF)
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IMAU
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Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Resesarch (The Netherlands)
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IMB
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Institute of Molecular Biology (UO)
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IMBER
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Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
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IMCC
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International Marine Conservation Congress
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IMCC2
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2nd International Marine Conservation Congress
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IMCRA
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Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia
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IMDC
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International Marine Debris Conference
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IMDC5
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Fifth International Marine Debris Conference
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IMDCC
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Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee
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IMDIS
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International Marine Data and Information Systems
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IMECOCAL
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Investigaciones Mexicanas de la Corriente de California
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IMMR
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International Meeting on Marine Resources
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IMN
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Idiopathic Muscle Necrosis
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IMN
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Integrated Monitoring Network (NOAA/AOML)
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IMO
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International Maritime Organization
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IMOS
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Integrated Marine Observing System (Australia)
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IMP
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Inlet Management Plan
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IMPAC
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International Marine Project Activities Center
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IMPACT
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Integrated Marine Protected Area Climate Tool
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IMPROVE
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Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments
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IMS
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Information Management System
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IMS
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Institute of Marine Science (Tanzania)
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IMS
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Internet Map Server
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IMS
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Institute of Marine Sciences (UNC-Morehead City)
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IMSG
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I.M. Systems Group
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IMSTI
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Institute of Marine Scientific and Technological Information
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IMSWE
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Investigations of Marine Shallow Water Ecosystems
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INAPESCA
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Instituto Nacional de Pesca (Mexico)
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INBS
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Index Nesting Beach Survey
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INC
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Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity
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INCO
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Iranian National Center for Oceanography
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INCOIS
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Indian National Center for Ocean Information Service
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INDEX-SATAL
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Indonesia-US Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Ocean Exploration
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INDOEX
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Indian Ocean Experiment
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INDOOS
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Indian Ocean Observing System
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INE
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Instituto Nacional de Ecología
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INISTE
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International Network for Information in Science and Technology Education
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INOCAR
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Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada (Ecuador)
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INODC
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Indian National Oceanographic Data Center
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INPARQUES
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Venezuelan national parks body
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InPort
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Information Portal (NOAA/NMFS)
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INPUT
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Working Group on Inputs to the Marine Environment (OSPAR)
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INRMP
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Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (DoD)
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INVEMAR
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Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (Colombia)
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IO
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Instant Ocean
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IOBC
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Indian Ocean Biological Centre
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IOBC
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International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants
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IOBIS
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International OBIS
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IOBP
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International Organization of Plant Biosystematists
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IOC
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Indian Ocean Commission
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IOC
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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IOCARIBE
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
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IOCARIBE-GOOS
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Caribbean GOOS
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IOCM
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Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (NOAA)
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IODE
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International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
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IODP
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
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IOGOOS
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Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System
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IOI
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International Ocean Institute
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IOLR
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Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
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ION
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International Ocean Network
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IOOS
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Integrated Ocean Observing System (NOAA)
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IOP
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Inherent Optical Properties
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IOS
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Integrated Global Observing System
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IOS
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IGOSS Observing System
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IOS
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Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Canada)
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IOS
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Integrated Observing System
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IOS
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Indian Ocean Tracking Station
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IOS
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Improved Oceanographic Sensor
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IOSEA
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Indian Ocean-South-East Asian
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IOTC
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Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
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IP
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Individual Permit
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IPAS
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Integrated Protected Areas System
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IPBES
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Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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IPBES
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Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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IPCC
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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IPHAB
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Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IOC)
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IPIECA
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International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association
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IPL
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Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal)
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IPM
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Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (UN)
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IPMEN
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International Pacific Marine Educators Network (Australia)
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IPO
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Integrated Program Office
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IPOA
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International Plan of Action
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IPR
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Independent Peer Review
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IPR
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Intellectual Property Rights
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IPRS
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International Post-graduate Research Scholarships
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IPT
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Integrated Products Team
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IPY
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International Polar Year
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IQA
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Information Quality Act (NMFS/NOAA)
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IR
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InfraRed
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IRCCM
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International Research Consortium on Continental Margins
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IRCP
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International Registry of Coral Pathology
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IRCP
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Institute for Pacific Coral Reefs (Moorea, French Polynesia)
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IRD
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Institut de recherche pour le développement
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IREMIA
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Institut de Recherche en Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées (La Réunion, Fr)
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IREP
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International Recruitment Project (OSLR/IOC)
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IRF
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Island Resources Foundation
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IRFA
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Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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IRI
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International Research Institute for Climate and Society
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IRL
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Indian River Lagoon
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IRRM
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Integrated Reef Resources Management (St. Thomas)
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IS
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Ionian Sea
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ISA
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International Seabed Authority
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ISAF
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International Shark Attack File
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ISAT
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Image Station Automatic Triangulation
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ISATEC
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International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology
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ISBW
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International Seagrass Biology Workshop
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ISDM
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Integrated Science Data Management (BIO/Canada)
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ISE
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Ion Selective Electrode
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ISEM
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International Society for Ecological Modelling
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ISFD
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Institute for Strategic Funding Development (UHI)
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ISFET
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Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor
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ISH
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In Situ Hybridization
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ISI
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Implement Season to Interannual Climate Forecasts
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IsiMWP
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IsiMangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa)
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ISIN
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Invasive Species Information Node (NBII)
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ISISA
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International Small Islands Studies Association (UTAS)
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ISJ
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Ichthyological Society of Japan
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ISM
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Imperiled Species Management (FWC Florida)
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ISMA
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Intensively Studied Marine Area
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ISME
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International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems
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ISO
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International Organization for Standardization
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ISOECOL VII
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7th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider
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ISR
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Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
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ISRAMAR
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Israel Marine Data Center
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ISRO
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Indian Space Research Organization (INDIA)
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ISRS
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International Society for Reef Studies
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ISSD
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Image Station Stereo Display
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ISSE
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Institute for the Study of Society and Environment
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ISSG
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Invasive Species Specialist Group
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ISSHA
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International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae
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ISSSS
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International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity
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ISTIC
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International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (UNESCO)
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IT
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Information Technology
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ITA
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International Trade Administration
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ITCA
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2-iminothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid
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ITCZ
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Intertropical Convergence Zone
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ITEC
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Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Panama)
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ITEE
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School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (UQ)
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ITF
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Intertropical Front
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ITIC
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International Tsunami Information Centre
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ITIS
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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ITME
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Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology (Dominica)
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ITMEMS
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International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium
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ITQ
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Individual Transferable Quota
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ITS
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Internal Transcribed Spacer
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ITS
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Industrial Test Systems
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ITTO
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International Tropical Timber Organization
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IUBS
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International Union of Biological Sciences
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IUCN
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International Union for Conservation of Nature; World Conservation Union
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IUCN-ELG
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IUCN-Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group
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IUCN-GMP
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IUCN-Global Marine Program
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IUI
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Interuniversity Institute of Marine Science in Eilat
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IUMS
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International Union of Microbiological Sciences
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IUPAC
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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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IUU Fishing
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Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing
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IW:LEARN
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International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network
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IWC
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International Whaling Commission
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IWC
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International Wildlife Coalition
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IWCAM
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Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management
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IWG
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Interagency Working Group
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IWG-OCM
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Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping
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IWGDD
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Inter-agency Working Group for Scientific Digital Data
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IWGDMGC
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Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
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IWGOA
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Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (JSOST)
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IWM
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International Waters Management
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IWMI
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International Water Management Institute
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IYB
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International Year of Biodiversity (UNESCO)
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IYO
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International Year of the Oceans
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IYOR
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International Year of the Reef
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