Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution (2000)
Chapter: Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations
APPENDIX B
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AFO
animal feeding operation
AGNPS
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model
ANSWERS
Areal, Nonpoint Source Watershed Environment Response Simulation
ASP
amnesic shellfish poisoning
BASINS
Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources
BMP
best management practices
BOD
biological oxygen demand
C
carbon
CASNET
Clean Air Status and Trends Network
CCMP
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
CENR
Executive Office’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
C-GOOS
Coastal Component of the Global Ocean Observing System
CISNet
Coastal Intensive Site Network
CNSPCP
Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
CREAMS
Chemical, Runoff, and Erosion from Agricultural Management Systems
CRP
Conservation Reserve Program
CSO
combined sewer overflow
CWAP
Clean Water Action Plan
DCP
dissolved concentration potential
DIN
dissolved inorganic nitrogen
DO
dissolved oxygen
DOM
dissolved organic matter
DR3M-QUAL
Distributed Routing, Rainfall, Runoff Model-Quality
DSP
diarrhetic shellfish poisoning
EMAP
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
EMC
event mean concentration
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
EQIP
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
EXP
estuarine export potential
GIS
geographical information system
GLEAMS
Groundwater Loading Effects of Agricultural Management Systems
GOMP
Gulf of Mexico Program
GPP
gross primary productivity
HAB
harmful algal bloom
HEC
Hydrologic Engineering Center
HSPF
Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN
MERL
Marine Ecosystem Research Laboratory
N
nitrogen
NADP
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEP
National Estuary Program
NERR
National Estuarine Research Reserve
NERRS
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPDES
EPA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSP
neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
NSTC
National Science and Technology Council
NURP
EPA’s Nationwide Urban Runoff Program
P
phosphorus
PSP
paralytic shellfish poisoning
SAV
submerged aquatic vegetation
SCOPE
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
SCS
Soil Conservation Service
SIP
State Implementation Plan
SPARROW
Spatially Referenced Regressions on Watersheds model
SRP
soluble reactive phosphorus
SWAT
Soil and Water Assessment Tool
SWEM
System-Wide Eutrophication Model
SWMM
Storm Water Management Model
SWRRB
Simulator for Water Resources in Rural Basins
TMDL
total maximum daily load
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
WQAM
Water Quality Assessment Methodology
WQIA
Water Quality Improvement Act
WTA
willingness to accept
WTP
willingness to pay
