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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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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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| u | micrometer; micron |
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| U | Uracil |
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| U.S. | United States |
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| U/A | Usual and accustomed |
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| UA | University of the Azores |
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| UA | University of Alaska |
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| UA | University of Aukland (NZ) |
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| UAA | University of Alaska - Anchorage |
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| UABC | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California |
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| UAC | Environmental Coastal Unit |
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| UAC | Unified Area Command (USCG) |
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| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
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| UAF | Unified Access Framework (NOAA) |
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| UAF | University of Alaska - Fairbanks |
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| UAS | Unmanned Aerial (or Aircraft) System (NOAA) |
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| UAS | Unmanned Autonomous Systems |
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| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
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| UB | University of Belize |
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| UCAR | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
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| UCB | University College of Belize |
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| UCC | University College Cork |
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| UCF | University of Central Florida |
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| UCL | University College London |
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| UCME | Utila Centre for Marine Ecology (Honduras) |
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| UCMERCED | University of California at Merced |
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| UCR | University of Costa Rica |
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| UCSB | University of California, Santa Barbara |
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| UCSC | University of California at Santa Cruz |
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| UCSC | University of California at Santa Clara |
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| UCSD | University of California at San Diego |
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| UD | University of Delaware |
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| UDO | Universidad de Oriente (Venezuela) |
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| UDSM | University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) |
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| UEP | Unique-Event Polymorphism |
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| UF | University of Florida |
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| UFA | United Fishing Agency |
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| UGF | Under Gravel Filter |
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| UGT | UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase; also "Uridine Diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase" |
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| UH | University of Hawaii |
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| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
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| UHH | University of Hawaii (Hilo) |
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| UHI | University of Hawaii |
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| UHSLC | University of Hawaii Sea Level Center |
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| UI | Upwelling Index |
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| UK | United Kingdom |
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| UKM | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia); same as "National University of Malaysia" |
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| UKMMAS | UK Marine and Monitoring Assessment Strategy |
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| UKOOA | United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
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| UKOTCF | UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum |
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| UKZN | University of Kwazulu-Natal |
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| ULF | Ultra Low Frequency |
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| UM | University of Miami |
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| UM-RSMAS | University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science |
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| UMCES | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
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| UMD | University of Maryland |
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| UMEB | Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (NSF) |
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| UMS | Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Malaysia) |
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| UMT | University of Malta |
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| UN | United Nations |
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| UNAM | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
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| UNC | University of North Carolina |
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| UNC-CH | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
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| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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| UNCHS | United Nations Centre for Human Settlements |
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| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
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| UNColombia | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
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| UNCW | University of North Carolina - Wilmington |
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| UNDESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
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| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
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| UNDS | Uniform National Discharge Standards (DoD) |
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| UNE | University of New England (Australia) |
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| UNEP | United Nations Environment Program |
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| UNEP- EAS- RCU | United Nations Environment Programme East Asian Seas Regional Co-ordinating Unit |
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| UNEP-CRU | United Nations Environment Program - Coral Reef Unit |
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| UNEP-RCU | United Nations Environment Programme - Regional Coordinating Unit |
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| UNEP-WCMC | United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
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| UNEP/GEF SCS | UNEP/Global Environment Facility South China Sea |
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| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
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| UNESCO-MAB | UNESCO - Man and the Biosphere Programme |
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| UNF | United Nations Foundation |
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| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
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| UNH | University of New Hampshire |
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| UNICPOLOS | United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Processes on Oceans and the Law of the Sea |
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| UNIGE | University of Geneva |
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| UNIMAS | University Malaysia Sarawak (Malaysia) |
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| UniProt | Universal Protein Resource |
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| UniProtKB | UniProt Knowledgebase |
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| UNISIST | United Nations International Scientific Information System; World Scientific Information System |
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| UNKN | Unknown |
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| UNOLS | University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
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| UNU | United Nations University |
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| UNU-INWEH | United Nations University - International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) |
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| UNU-INWEH | UNU Institute for Water, Environment & Health |
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| UO | University of Oregon |
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| UO | University of Ottawa |
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| UOG | University of Guam |
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| UOGML | University of Guam Marine Laboratory |
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| UP | University of the Philippines |
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| UP | University of Porto (Universidade do Porto) |
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| UPGMA | Unweighted Pair-Group Method with Arithmetic Averaging analysis |
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| UPM | Universiti Putra Malaysia (Malaysia) |
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| UPMSI | University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute |
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| UPR | University of Puerto Rico |
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| UPRM | University of Puerto Rico/Mayaguez |
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| UPS | Undersea persistent surveillance |
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| UQ | University of Queensland |
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| URI | University of Rhode Island |
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| URJ | University of Rio de Janeiro |
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| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
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| US | United States |
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| USA | United States of America |
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| USA-NPN | USA National Phenology Network |
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| USAC | University Sub-Aqua Club (Jamaica) |
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| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
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| USAICRI | U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Initiative |
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| USAICRIC | U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Initiative Committee |
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| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
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| USAKA | United States Army Kwajalein Atoll |
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| USAO | Under Secretary and Associate Offices |
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| USAPI | U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands |
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| USC | United States Code |
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| USCA | University of South Carolina Aiken |
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| USCG | U.S. Coast Guard |
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| USCOP | United States Commission on Ocean Policy |
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| USCRTF | U.S. Coral Reef Task Force |
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| USD | US Dollars |
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| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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| USF | University of South Florida |
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| USFS | U.S. Forest Service |
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| USFWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| USGCRP | United States Global Changes Research Program |
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| USGEO | U.S. Group on Earth Observations |
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| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| USH | Universal Sample Holder |
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| USM | Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia) |
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| USMCC | U.S. Mission Control Center |
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| USNOO | United States Naval Oceanographic Office |
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| USP | University of the South Pacific (Fiji) |
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| USPI | United States Pacific Islands |
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| USTR | United States Trade Representative |
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| USVI | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| USVI-ROMS | The US Virgin Islands Regional Ocean Modeling System (RSMAS) |
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| USWRP | United States Weather Research Program |
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| USYD | University of Sydney (Australia) |
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| UT | University of Texas |
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| UT | Universal Time |
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| UTAS | University of Tasmania |
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| UTC | Unit Trust Corporation (T&T) |
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| UTE | Underwater Tagging Equipment |
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| UTIG | University of Texas Institute for Geophysics |
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| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator |
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| UUV | Unmanned Underwater Vehicle |
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| UV | Ultraviolet Radiation |
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| UVA | Ultraviolet-A |
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| UvA | University of Amsterdam |
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| UVB | Ultraviolet-B |
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| UVC | Underwater Visual Census |
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| UVI | University of the Virgin Islands |
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| UVNet | Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring Program (EPA) |
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| UVR | Ultraviolet Radiation; Ultraviolet radiometer |
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| UW | University of Washington |
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| UW-CIG | University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group |
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| UWI | University of the West Indies |
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| UWI Mona | University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica |
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| UWICED | University of West Indies Center for Environment and Development |
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| UWS | Ulcerative White Spot Disease |
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| UWS | University of Western Sydney |
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| UXO | Unexploded Ordnance |
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