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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 acronyms and abbreviations via coris.metadata@noaa.gov or coris@noaa.gov.
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Acronyms A - Z Pages
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| B | C |
D | E | F
| G | H |
I | J | K
| L | M
N | O |
P | Q | R
| S | T |
U | V | W
| X | Y |
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| N-SPECT | Non-Point Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool |
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| N/F | Nowcast/Forecast |
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| N2O | Nitrous Oxide |
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| NA | Netherlands Antilles |
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| NA | National Aquarium (Baltimore) |
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| NA | National Aquarium (Washington, D.C./DOC) |
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| NAAEE | North American Association for Environmental Education |
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| NAC | North Atlantic Current |
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| NaCN | Sodium Cyanide |
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| NACRI | Netherlands Antilles Coral Reef Initiative (NA) |
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| NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
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| NADAREP | National Directorate of Aquatic Resources Exploitation and Protection (Republic of Vietnam) |
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| NADH | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (reduced form of NAD) |
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| NADP | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
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| NAF | National Adaptation Forum |
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| NAFC | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center (NOAA) |
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| NAFO | Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organization |
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| NaGISA | Natural Geography in Shore Areas; Natural Geography in Near Shore Areas |
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| NAM | NOAA Action Memorandum |
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| NAMDI | National Marine Data Inventory (NODC) |
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| NAME | Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators |
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| NAML | National Association of Marine Laboratories |
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| NANCI | Netherlands Antilles Nature Conservation Initiative (NA) |
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| NANOOS | Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems |
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| NANPCA | Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act |
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| NAO | NOAA Administrative Order |
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| NAO/NHM | North Atlantic Oscillation/Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode |
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| NAP | National Action Plan |
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| NAP | U.S. National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs |
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| NAP | National Academies Press |
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| NAP | North American Profile |
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| NAPA | National Academy of Public Administration |
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| NAPL | Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
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| NAR | Natural Area Reserve |
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| NARA | National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency |
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| NARA | National Archives & Records Administration |
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| NARAC | National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center |
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| NARS | Natural Area Reserve System |
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| NART | North Atlantic Regional Team (NOAA) |
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| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
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| NAS | Nonindigenous Aquatic Species |
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| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| NASBA | Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification |
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| NASDS | National Association of Scuba Diving Schools |
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| NAUI | National Association of Underwater Instructors |
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| NAVD | North American Vertical Datum |
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| NAVFAC | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
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| NAVO | Naval Oceanographic Office |
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| NAVOCEANO | Naval Oceanographic Office |
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| NAVSEA | Naval Sea Systems Command |
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| NAWC | Northern Area of the Wider Caribbean |
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| NAWQA | National Water Quality Assessment |
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| NBAP | National Biodiversity Action Plan (CI) |
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| NBCCAP | National Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan |
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| NBF | National Biodiversity Framework |
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| NBI | National Benthic Inventory |
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| NBII | National Biological Information Infrastructure (USGS) |
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| NBP | NOS Biogeography Program (NOAA) |
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| NBS | National Biological Service |
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| NBS | National Biological Survey |
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| NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
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| NBST | National Biological Status and Trends Program (NOAA) |
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| NC | Nature Conservancy |
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| NCA | National Coastal Assessment |
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| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
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| NCBO | NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office |
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| NCBR | New Caledonia Barrier Reef |
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| NCCOS | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NOAA) |
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| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) |
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| NCDDC | National Coastal Data Development Center (NOAA) |
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| NCEAS | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis |
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| NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA) |
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| NCEP EMC | National Center for Environmental Prediction - Environmental Modeling Center |
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| NCI | National Cancer Institute (HHS/NIH) |
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| NCL | NOAA Central Library |
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| NCMC | National Coalition for Marine Conservation |
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| NCMP | National Coastal Management Program |
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| NCMPMS | National Coastal Management Performance Measurement System |
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| NCMR | National Centre for Marine Research (Greece) |
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| NCOCZM | National Council on Ocean and Coastal Zone Management |
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| NCOF | The National Centre for Ocean Forecasting |
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| NCOM | Navy Coastal Ocean Model |
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| NCOP | National Current Observation Program (NOAA) |
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| NCORE | National Center for Coral Reef Research |
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| NCORE | National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research |
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| NCPM | NOAA Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Project Monitoring (NOAA) |
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| NCRCP | NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA) |
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| NCREMP | National Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Program (NOAA) |
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| NCRI | National Coral Reef Institute |
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| NCRIS | National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (Australia) |
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| NCRMN | Nauru Coral Reef Monitoring Network |
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| NCRMP | National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (CRCP/NOAA) |
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| ncRNA | Non-Coding RNA |
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| NCRPS | Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society (Jamaica) |
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| NCRS | National Resource Conservation Service |
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| NCRS | Novel Carbon Resource Sciences |
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| NCS | NOAA Climate Service |
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| NCS | National Conservation Strategy |
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| NCS | Nature Conservation Sector |
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| NCSA | National Capacity Self-Assessment (UN) |
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| NCSE | National Council for Science and the Environment |
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| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
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| NCWCGP | National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program |
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| NDA | National Diagnostic Analysis |
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| NDAC | National Data Assembly Center |
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| NDBC | National Data Buoy Center (NOAA) |
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| NDC | NOAA Data Centers |
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| NDF | Non-Detriment Finding |
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| NDIR | Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) |
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| NDL | No Decompression Limit |
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| NEA | National Environmental Agency (Singapore) |
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| NEA | New England Aquarium |
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| NEAFC | Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
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| NEAO | Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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| NEAP | National Environmental Action Plan |
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| NEAR-GOOS | North East Asian GOOS |
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| NEBF | New England Biolabs Foundation |
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| NEC | NOAA Executive Council |
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| NEC | North Equatorial Current |
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| NECC | North Equatorial Counter Current |
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| NECOP | Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity (NOAA/AOML) |
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| NEDRES | National Environmental Data Referral Service |
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| NEE | Net Ecosystem Exchange |
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| NEEF | National Environmental Education Foundation |
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| NEFA | Non-Esterized Fatty Acid |
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| NEFMC | New England Fishery Management Council |
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| NEGOA | Northeastern Gulf of Alaska |
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| Negril EPA | Negril Environmental Protection Area (Jamaica) |
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| NELHA | Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority |
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| NEMA | National Environment Management Authority (Kenya) |
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| NEMAP | National Environment Management Action Plan |
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| NEMI | National Environmental Methods Index |
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| NeMO | New Millennium Observatory (NOAA) |
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| NEMO | Nonpoint Source Education for Municipal Officials |
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| NEMP | National Environmental Management Program (Mozambique) |
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| NEOCO | Network for Environmental Observations of the Coastal Ocean (UCSC) |
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| NEODAT | Inter-Institutional Database of Fish Biodiversity in the Neotropics |
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| NEON | National Ecological Observatory Network |
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| NEP | National Estuary Program |
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| NEP | NOAA Executive Panel |
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| NEPA | National Environment and Planning Agency (Jamaica) |
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| NEPA | National Environmental Protection Agency (China) |
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| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
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| NEPC | National Environmental Protection Council |
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| NEPT | Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (Jamaica) |
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| NER | Northeast Region |
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| NERACOOS | Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems |
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| NERI | National Estuary Restoration Inventory (NOAAI) |
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| NERL | National Exposure Research Laboratory |
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| NERO | Northeast Regional Office (NMFS/NOAA) |
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| NERR | National Estuarine Research Reserve (NOAA) |
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| NERR | Natural England's Research Report |
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| NERRA | National Estuarine Research Reserve Association |
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| NERRS | National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NOAA) |
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| NES | New England Seamounts |
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| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NOAA) |
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| NEST | Network for Endangered Sea Turtles |
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| NEST | Nuclear Emergency Support Team |
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| NET-BIOME | NETworking Tropical and Subtropical BIodiversity Research in OuterMost Regions and Territories of Europe |
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| NetCDF | Network Common Data Form |
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| Network | Marine Fish Conservation Network |
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| NEUBrew | NOAA-EPA Brewer Spectrophotometer UV and Ozone Network |
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| NEWIS | NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheet (NOAA) |
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| NF | Non-Federal |
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| NFCC | National Fisheries Conservation Center |
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| NFHAP | National Fish Habitat Action Plan |
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| NFP | National Focal Point |
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| NFRA | National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing |
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| NFS | NOAA Fisheries Service (NMFS) |
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| NFWF | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
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| NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA) |
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| NGED | Network in Genes and Environment in Development |
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| NGI | Northern Gulf Institute (NOAA/MSU) |
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| NGLI | Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative |
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| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
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| NGoM-HYCOM | Northern Gulf of Mexico Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (RSMAS) |
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| NGOMEX | Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment Program (NOAA) |
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| NGOS | North Gulf Oceanic Society |
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| NGRI | National Geophysical Research Institute (India) |
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| NGRU | Northern Gulf Recovery Unit |
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| NGS | National Geodetic Survey (NOAA) |
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| NGS | Next Generation Sequencing (or Second-Generation sequencing or High-Throughput Sequencing) |
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| NGSP | Next Generation Strategic Plan (NOAA) |
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| NGVD | National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
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| NH | New Hebrides (Vanuatu) |
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| NHC | National Hurricane Center (NOAA) |
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| NHCS | Nevis Historical and Conservation Society (NEVIS) |
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| NHEERL | National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory |
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| NHEML | National Hurricane and Experimental Meteorology Laboratory (NOAA) |
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| NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) |
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| NHK | Japan Broadcasting Corporation |
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| NHL | Newport Hydrographic Line |
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| NHMLAC | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
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| NHP | National Historic Park |
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| NHRL | National Hurricane Research Laboratory (NOAA) |
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| NI | Nicholas Institute (Duke Univerfsity) |
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| NIA | Nutrient Indicating Algae |
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| NIC | National Incident Command |
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| NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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| NIEPS | Nicholas Institute for Environmental policy Solutions (Duke University) |
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| NIGMS | National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
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| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
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| NII | National Information Infrastructure |
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| NIO | National Institute of Oceanography (India) |
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| NIOO | Netherlands Institute of Ecology |
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| NIOP | Netherlands Indian Ocean Program |
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| NIP | National Implementation Plan |
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| NIPAP | National Integrated Protected Areas Program |
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| NIPAS | National Integrated Protected Areas System |
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| NIS | Non-Indigenous Species |
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| NISA | National Invasive Species Act |
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| NISC | National Invasive Species Committee (Palau) |
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| NISSP | National Invasive Species Strategic Plan (Bahamas) |
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| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| NIWA | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd. (New Zealand) |
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| NJCA | Northern Jamaica Conservation Association |
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| NJCA | Northern Jamaica Conservation Association |
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| nl | nanoliter |
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| NL | Newfoundland |
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| NLI | Northern Line Islands |
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| NLM | National Library of Medicine |
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| NLOM | Navy Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Layered Ocean Model |
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| NLRP | National Lionfish Response Plan (Bahamas) |
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| NLSST | Non-Linear Sea Surface Temperature |
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| NM | National Monument |
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| nm | nanometer |
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| NMAO | NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations |
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| NMC | Northern Marianas College |
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| NMEA | National Marine Educators Association |
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| NMEA | National Marine Electronics Association |
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| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) |
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| NMFS NWR | National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region |
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| NMFS SWR | National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region |
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| NMHS | National Meteorological and Hydrographic Service |
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| NMI | Northern Mariana Islands |
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| NMITA | Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America |
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| NMML | National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NOAA) |
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| NMMTB | National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMFS/NOAA) |
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| NMNH | National Museum of Natural History |
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| NMP | Ningaloo Marine Park (Australia) |
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| NMP | Negril Marine Park (Jamaica) |
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| NMPAC | National Marine Protected Areas Center (NOAA) |
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| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
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| NMS | National Marine Sanctuaries |
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| NMSA | National Marine Sanctuaries Act |
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| NMSC | National Marine Science Centre (Australia) |
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| NMSF | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation |
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| NMSP | National Marine Sanctuaries Program (NOAA) |
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| NMTC | National Mexican Turtle Center (Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga) |
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| NMWG | National Manatee Working Group |
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| NNDC | NOAA National Data Centers (NOAA) |
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| NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
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| NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration |
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| NNWR | Navassa National Wildlife Refuge |
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| NO | Nitrogen Oxide |
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| NO2 | Nitrogen Dioxide |
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| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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| NOAA Fisheries | National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) |
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| NOAA Research | Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA) |
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| NOAP | National Ocean Acidification Program |
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| NOC | National Ocean Council |
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| NOC | Network Operations Center (NOAA) |
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| NOC | NOAA’s Ocean Council |
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| NOC-C | NOAA Ocean and Coastal Council |
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| NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA) |
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| NOEP | National Ocean Economics Program |
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| NOGAPS | Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System |
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| NOHARM | NOAA Habitat Restoration Monitoring (NOAA) |
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| NOI | Notice of Intent |
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| NOM | Natural Organic Matter |
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| NOMADS | National Operational Model Archive and Distribution System |
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| NOO | National Oceans Office (Australia) |
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| NOP | National Oceanic Program |
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| NOP | National Observer Program (NOAA) |
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| NOPP | National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
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| NOPPO | National Ocean Pollution Program Office (NOAA) |
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| NORLC | National Oceanographic Research Leadership Council |
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| NORPAC | North Pacific |
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| NOS | National Ocean Service (NOAA) |
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| NOSA | NOAA Observing System Architecture |
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| NOSB | National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOAA) |
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| NOSC | NOAA Observing System Council |
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| NOSU | Negros Oriental State University (Philippines) |
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| Noumea Convention | Shorthand for the Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region |
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| NOVA | Notice of Violation and Assessment |
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| NOWPAP | Northwest Pacific Action Plan |
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| NOWRAMP | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program |
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| NOX | Nitrogen Oxides |
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| NP | National Park |
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| NPAS | National Park of American Samoa |
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| NPCREP | North Pacific Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity |
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| NPD | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
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| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
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| NPED | National Policy and Evaluation Division (NOAA) |
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| NPFMC | North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
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| NPG | Nature Publishing Group |
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| NPL | National Priorities List |
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| NPN | National Phenology Network |
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| NPO | Non-Profit Organization |
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| NPOA | National Plan of Action |
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| NPOESS | The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOAA) |
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| NPP | Net Primary Production. |
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| NPP | NPOESS Preparatory Project |
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| NPQ | Nonphotochemical Quenching |
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| NPRB | North Pacific Research Board |
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| NPS | Nonpoint Source |
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| NPS | National Park Service (DOI) |
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| NPS I & M | National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring (Program) |
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| NPSA | National Park of American Samoa |
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| NPSG | North Pacific Subtropical Gyre |
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| NPSSRC | National Park Service Submerged Resources Center |
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| NPWAC | National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council (Australia) |
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| NPWS | National Parks and Wildlife Service (Australia) |
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| NPWS | New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service |
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| NR | Natural Reserve |
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| NR | Nuclear Receptor |
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| NRAP | NOAA Rotational Assignment Program |
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| NRAS | Natural Resources Assessments Surveys (Marshall Islands) |
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| NRC | National Research Council |
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| NRC | NOAA Restoration Center (NOAA) |
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| NRC | National Response Center |
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| NRCA | Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Jamaica) |
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| NRCan | Natural Resources Canada (BIO/Canada) |
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| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
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| NRDA | Natural Resource Damage Assessment |
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| NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council |
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| NREED | Natural Resources and Environmental Education Division (PCC) |
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| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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| NRF | National Research Foundation (South Africa) |
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| NRIC | National or Regional Implementation Committee |
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| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
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| NRM | Natural Resource Management (Australia) |
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| NRMP | Natural Resources Monitoring Partnership |
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| NROC | Northeast Regional Ocean Council |
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| NRP | Ningaloo Research Program (Australia) |
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| NRSMPA | National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (Australia) |
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| NRT | Navigational Response Team |
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| NRT | Near- Real Time |
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| NRT | National Response Team |
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| NRU | Northern Recovery Unit |
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| NS | Nordic Sea |
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| NS | National Seashore |
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| NS | Nova Scotia |
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| NS | Near Shore |
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| NS&T | National Status and Trends Program (NOAA) |
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| NSB | National Science Board |
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| NSCA | Natural Science Collections Alliance |
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| NSDI | National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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| NSDL | National Science Digital library |
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| NSF | National Science Foundation |
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| NSF-ATE | National Science Foundation - Advanced Technological Education (NSF) |
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| NSGCP | National Sea Grant College Program |
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| NSGO | National Sea Grant Office (NOAA) |
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| NSOM | Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy |
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| NSP | Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning |
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| NSRGP | National Species Recovery Grant Program |
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| NSRS | National Spatial Reference System (NOAA) |
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| NSSD | National Strategy for Sustainable Development |
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| NSSL | National Severe Storms Laboratory |
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| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
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| NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
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| NSU | Nova Southeastern University |
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| NSU OC | Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center |
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| NSW | Natural Sea Water |
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| NSW | New South Wales (Australia) |
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| NSWC | Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) |
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| NSWEPA | New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (Australia) |
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| NSWMPA | New South Wales Marine Parks Authority (Australia) |
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| NSWSMPA | New South Wales System of Marine Protected Areas (Australia) |
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| NTC | National Tidal Centre (Kiribati) |
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| NTER | North Tortugas Ecological Reserve (NOAA) |
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| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration (DOC) |
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| NTIS | National Technical Information Service (DOC) |
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| NTL | Notice to Lessees |
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| NTL | Notices to Lessees and Operators |
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| NTMR | No-Take Marine Reserve |
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| NTPICM | National training Program on Integrated Coastal Management |
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| NTU | Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
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| NU | Newcastle University |
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| NURC | National Undersea Research Center (NOAA) |
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| NURC | NATO Undersea Research Center |
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| NURC-UConn | Undersea Research Center at the University of Connecticut |
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| NURP | National Undersea Research Program (NOAA) |
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| NVDC | National Vessel Documentation Center (U.S. Coast Guard) |
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| NWAFC | Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Centers |
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| NWCMP | National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (India) |
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| NWFSC | Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NOAA) |
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| NWHI | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
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| NWHIMNM | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument |
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| NWHINWR | Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge |
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| NWIFC | Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission |
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| NWIS | National Water Information System |
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| NWP | Naval Warfare Publication (DoD) |
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| NWP | Nation Wide Permit |
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| NWPO | North Western Pacific Ocean |
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| NWR | National Wildlife Refuges (USA) |
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| NWR | Northwest Region |
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| NWRC | National Wetlands Research Center (USGS) |
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| NWRO | Northwest Regional Office |
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| NWRS | National Wildlife Refuge System |
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| NWRSAA | National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act |
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| NWRSIA | National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act |
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| NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
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| NWS | National Wildlife Service |
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| NYC | National Youth Councils |
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| NYUAD | New York University Abu Dhabi |
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| NZ | New Zealand |
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| NZASRoF | New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire Expedition |
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| NZODA | New Zealand Government Overseas Development Agency |
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| NZP | National Zoological Park |
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