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
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T
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Thymine
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T & E
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Threatened & Endangered
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T&T
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Trinidad and Tobago
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T-S Diagram
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Temperature-Salinity Diagram
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TA
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Total Alkalinity
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TA
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Teaching Assistant
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TAAF
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Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
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TABS
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Texas Automated Buoy System (TAMU)
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TAC
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Total Allowable Catch
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TAC
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Sea Turtle Advisory Committee
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TAFIRI
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Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute
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TAL
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Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory (SFRC/UF)
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TAMU
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Texas A&M University
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TAMUG
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Texas A & M University at Galveston
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tangle net
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Total Alkalinity
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TAO
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Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
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TAP
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Trajectory Analysis Planner
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TAS
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Teacher at Sea (NOAA)
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TASTE
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Toledo Association of Sustainable Tourism and Empowerment
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TAT
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Topical Advisory Team
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TB
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Terabyte
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TB
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Toboggan (Reunion)
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TBD
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To Be Determined
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TBMP
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Tumon Bay Marine Preserve (Guam)
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TBR
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Tree Bisection-Reconnection
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TBR
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Taiaro Biosphere Reserve
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TBT
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Total Bottom Time
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TBT
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Tributyltin
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TC
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Technical Committee
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TC
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Technical Coordinator
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TC
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Togean Consortium
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TC
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Total Carbon
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TC
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Thalassia coral mix
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TC
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Tropical Cyclone
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TCA
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Trichloroethane
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TCBS
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Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose Agar
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TCCC
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Tarawa Climate Change Conference
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TCDR
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Thematic Climate Data Record (NOAA)
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TCE
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Trichloroethylene
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TCEMP
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Tobago Coastal Ecosystem Mapping Project (T&T)
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TCI
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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TCMP
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Tobago Cays Marine Park (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
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TCMP
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Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership
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TCMS
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Tropical Coastal Management Studies Center (NU)
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TCNT
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Turks and Caicos National Trust
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TCODE
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Technical Committee on Data Exchange (PICES)
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TCOE
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The College of Exploration
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TCOON
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Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network
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TCR
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T cell receptor
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TCRMP
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Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program
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TCRS
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Taiwanese Coral Reef Society
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TCS
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The Coastal Society
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TCS
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The Crustacean Society
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TCyr-1
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Tons of Carbon per year
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TDA
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Trans-boundary Diagnostic Analysis
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TDI
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The Dolphin Institute
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TDN
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Total Dissolved Nitrogen
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TDP
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Total Dissolved Phosphorus
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TDR
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Time and Depth Recorder
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TDS
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Total Dissolved Solids
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TDT
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Total Dive Time
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TDWG
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Taxonomic Databases Working Group
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TE
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Toxicity Evaluation
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TED
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Turtle Excluder Device
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TEEB
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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
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TEEWG
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Toxicology and Ecological Epidemiology working group (Coral Health and Disease in the Pacific Workshop)
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TEK
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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TEL/PEL
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Threshold and Probable Effects Levels
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TEM
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Transmission Electron Microscopy
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TEMA
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Training, Education and Mutual Assistance programme (IOC)
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TEN
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Togeans Ecotourism Network
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TER
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Tortugas Ecological Reserve
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TERANGI
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The Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation
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TERSA
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Tortugas Ecological Reserve Study Area
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TES
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Threatened and Endangered Species
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TESS
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Threatened and Endangered Species System
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TEV
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Total Economic Value
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TEWG
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Turtle Expert Working Group
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Texas GEMS
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Texas Gulf Ecological Management Sites
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TF
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Transcription Factor
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TGZ
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Tide Gauge Zero (UH)
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THA
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Thalassia, Halimeda, Amphiora
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THA
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Tobago House of Assembly (T&T)
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THC
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Thermohaline Circulation
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THREDDS
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Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services
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Three D (3D)
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Three Dimensional
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TIC
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Total Inorganic Carbon (also "CT")
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TIDE
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Toledo Institute for Development and Environment
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TIFF
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Tag Image File Format
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TIGER
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Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system
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TIGHAR
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The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery
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TIME
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Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone
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TIN
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Taxonomic Identification Number (ITIS)
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TIO
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Texas Institute of Oceanography (TAMU)
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TIV
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Tunnel Inspection Vehicle
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TKN
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Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
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TL
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Total Length
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TLC
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Thin-Layer Chromatography
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TLP
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Transect Line Plot
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TM
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Thematic Mapper
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TMCB
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Tropical Marine Conservation Biology (CIEE, Bonaire, NA)
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TMDL
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Total Maximum Daily Load
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TMS
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tricaine methanesulfonate
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TNC
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The Nature Conservancy
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TNT
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Total Nitrogen Time
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TNYC
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Tonga National Youth Congress
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TOAD
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Towed Optical Assessment Device
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TOC
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Total Organic Carbon
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TOC
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The Ocean Conservancy
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TOD
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Theoretical Ocean Depth
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TOF
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The Ocean Foundation
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TOGA
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Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
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TOGA-TAO
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Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program -Tropical Atmosphere Ocean project (NOAA)
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TOL
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Tree Of Life
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TOM
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Territoires d'Outre Mer
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TON
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Techno Ocean Network
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TONGS
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Television Observed Nautical Grappling System
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TOPP
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Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (or Predators)
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TOR
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Terms of Reference
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TORI
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Taiwan Ocean Research Institute
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TOS
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The Oceanography Society
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ToT
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Training of Trainers
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TP
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Trigger Probability
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TP
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Territorial Park
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TPA
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Third Party Annotation
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TPC
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Tropical Prediction Center (NOAA)
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TPD
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Town Planning Department (Jamaica)
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TPH
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Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
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TPIO
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Technology, Planning, and Integration Program (NESDIS/NOAA)
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TPMRMP
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Tres Palmas Marine Reserve Management Plan
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TPW
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Texas Parks and Wildlife
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TPWD
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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TR
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Territorial Reserve
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TR
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Technical Report
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TRAC
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Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee
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TRACES
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Transatlantic Coral Ecosystems Study
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TRAF
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Tsunami Reef Action Fund
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TRAFFIC
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Wildlife Trade Monitoring network
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TREC
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Belize Marine Tropical Research and Education Center (TU)
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TRI
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Tropical Research Initiative (WHOI)
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TRIGOH
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Tri-national Alliance for the Conservation of the Gulf of Honduras (Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras)
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TRITON
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TRIangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network
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TRL
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Tropical Research Laboratory (MML)
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TRLWG
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Tropical Rock Lobster Working Group (Australia)
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TRMM
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Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission
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tRNA
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Transfer RNA
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TRO - SIS
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Transdisciplinary Organization for Subtropical Island Studies (University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan)
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TROPICS
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Tropical Oil Pollution Investigation in Coastal Systems
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TRP
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Target Reference Point
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TRS
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Tuxpan Reef System
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TRUE
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Teen Research Underwater Explorers
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TS CRC
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Torres Strait Cooperative Research Centre
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TSA
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Thermal Stress Anomaly
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TSA
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Transportation Security Administration (San Juan Airport)
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TSC
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Train Sea Coast
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TSER
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Tortugas South Ecological Reserve
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TSG
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Thermosalinograph
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TSLA
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Territorial Submerged Lands act
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TSM
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Total Suspended Matter
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TSN
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Taxonomic Serial Number (ITIS)
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TSPZ
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Torres Strait Protected Zone
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TSRA
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Torres Strait Regional Authority (Australia)
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TSS
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Total Suspended Solids
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TSSAC
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Torres Strait Scientific Advisory Committee
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TSU
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Technical Support Unit
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TT
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Threshold Temperature
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TTEM
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Total Tissue Extraction Method.
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TTO
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Transient Tracers in the Ocean
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TTP
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Thymidine Triphosphate
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TTPI
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Trust Territory of the Pacific
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TTX
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Tetradotoxin
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TU
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Temple University
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TUDelft
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Delft University of Technology
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TUMRAs
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Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreements
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TVC
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Takitumu Vaca Council
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TWAS
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the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (Trieste, Italy)
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TWG
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(SEA) Turtle Working Group
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TZCF
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Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front
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