Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014 (2014)
Chapter: Acronyms
AF | acre-feet |
AMO | Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
ARS | Agricultural Research Service |
ASR | aquifer storage and recovery |
BCNP | Big Cypress National Preserve |
BCWPA | Broward County Water Preserve Areas |
BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
BMP | best management practice |
CEPP | Central Everglades Planning Project |
CERP | Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan |
CESI | Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative |
CFU | colony-forming unit |
CISRERP | Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress |
COP | combined operational plan |
CROGEE | Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem |
C&SF | Central and Southern Florida |
DACS | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
DOI | U.S. Department of the Interior |
DOP | dissolved organic phosphorus |
DPI | Florida Department of Plant Industry |
DPM | Decomp Physical Model |
EAA | Everglades Agricultural Area |
EAV | emergent aquatic vegetation |
ECISMA | Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Act |
EDDMapS | Early Detection and Distribution Management System |
EDRR | early detection and rapid response |
EIRAMP | Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program |
ENP | Everglades National Park |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ERTP | Everglades Restoration Transition Plan |
FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FEB | flow equalization basin |
FWC | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
FWM | flow-weighted mean |
FWO | future without the project |
FWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
FY | fiscal year |
GCM | general circulation model |
GIS | geographic information system |
HASR | Hillsboro Aquifer Storage and Recovery |
HSI | habitat suitability index |
IDS | Integrated Delivery Schedule |
IOP | Interim Operational Plan |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPR | in-progress review |
IRL-S | Indian River Lagoon-South |
KRASR | Kissimmee River Aquifer Storage and Recovery |
LNWR | Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge |
LOER | Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery |
LOPA | Lake Okeechobee Protection Act |
LOPP | Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan |
LORS | Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule |
LPA | Limestone Products Association |
MAP | monitoring and assessment plan |
MCDA | Multi Criteria Decision Analysis |
MGD | million gallons per day |
NAVD | North American Vertical Datum |
NCRS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NPS | National Park Service |
NRC | National Research Council |
OERI | Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives |
PDT | project delivery team |
PIRs | project implementation reports |
PP | particulate phosphorus |
PPA | project partnership agreement |
ppb | parts per billion |
PPDR | Pilot Project Design Report |
RCP | Representative Concentration Pathway |
RECOVER | Restoration, Coordination, and Verification |
SAV | submerged aquatic vegetation |
SCG | Science Coordination Group |
SFERTF | South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force |
SFWMD | South Florida Water Management District |
SFWMM | South Florida Water Management Model |
SSR | System Status Report |
STA | Stormwater Treatment Area |
TIME | Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades |
TP | total phosphorus |
TSP | Tentatively Selected Plan |
USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
WCA | Water Conservation Area |
WQ | Water Quality |
WQBEL | water quality-based effluent limit |
WRDA | Water Resources Development Act |
WRRDA | Water Resources Reform and Development Act |
WY | water year |
