Appendix VII           

List of abbreviations

AGSO

Australian Geological Survey Organisation

BAHC

Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle

C

carbon

CABARET

Computer Assisted Budget Analysis, Research, Education and Training

CRC

Cooperative Research Centre

cv

Coefficient of variation

CVB

 

DEM

Digital Elevation Model

DIN

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen

DIP

Dissolved inorganic phosphorus

DPSIR

Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response

ELOISE

European Land-Ocean Interaction Studies

GEF

Global Environmental Facility

GLOSS

Global Sea Level Observing System

IGBP

International Geosphere Biosphere Programme

LOICZ

Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone

MDL

Minimum Description Length

N

Nitrogen

nfix-denit

Nitrogen fixation minus denitrification

NOAA

National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration

NOPP

National Oceanographic Partnership Program

OBIS

Ocean Biogeographic Information System

P

phosphorus

PCA

Principal components analysis

p-r

Photosynthesis minus respiration

RIKZ

Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee

SST

Standard salinity and temperature

Std dev

Standard deviation

TOPEX

Joint US/French Ocean Topography Experiment

UABC

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California

UNEP

United Nations Environment Program

UNH

University of New Hampshire

WLV

Web LOICZView

WWF

World Wildlife Fund