| °C |
Degrees Celsius |
| δ13C |
The ratio of the stable isotopes Carbon-13 to Carbon-12, expressed in parts per thousand |
| δ15N |
The ratio of the stable isotopes Nitrogen-15 to Nitrogen-14, expressed in parts per thousand |
| % |
Percent, or 1/100 |
| ‰ |
Per mille, one tenth of a percent, or 1/1000 |
| CMERSC |
Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center |
| CMGP |
Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| CSV |
Comma separated values |
| CTB |
Chincoteague Bay |
| Delmarva |
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia |
| DO |
Dissolved oxygen |
| DVD |
Digital versatile disc |
| FAN |
Field activity number |
| g |
grams |
| G |
Estuarine grab sample |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| HTML |
Hypertext markup language |
| ICP-AES |
Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer |
| ICP-MS |
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer |
| ID |
Identification |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| kB |
Kilobyte |
| LOI |
Loss on ignition |
| m |
Meter |
| mL |
Milliliter |
| µL |
Microliter |
| mm |
Millimeter |
| µm |
Micrometer |
| M/V |
Motor vessel |
| NAD83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
| OFR |
Open-File Report |
| ORP |
Oxidation-reduction potential |
| PDF |
Portable document format |
| S |
Surface sample (marsh or sandy overwash) |
| SPCMSC |
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| SSIEES |
Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines |
| TIFF |
Tag image file format |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| VPDB |
Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite |
| YASIC |
Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center |
| YIBS |
Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey