2007 Status Review of Atlantic sturgeon - National Marine Fisheries ...
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GIS Geographic Information System<br />
Hg mercury<br />
HNP Hatch Nuclear Power Plant<br />
hp horsepower<br />
hr hour<br />
ICW Intercoastal Waterway<br />
IFAS Institute for Food and Agricultural Science<br />
IGNS Independent Gill Net Survey<br />
IHNV infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus<br />
in inches<br />
IUCN International Union for the Conservation <strong>of</strong> Nature and Natural Resources<br />
km kilometer<br />
lbs pounds<br />
LD lethal dose<br />
LHRHα luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analog<br />
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas<br />
LIS Long Island Sound<br />
LRS Long River Survey<br />
m meters<br />
MADMF Massachusetts Division <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Fisheries</strong><br />
MDFRO Maryland Fishery Resource Office<br />
MEDMR Maine Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> Resources<br />
MEBOH Maine Bureau <strong>of</strong> Health<br />
MEDEP Maine Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Protection<br />
MGD million gallons per day<br />
mg/L milligrams per liter (parts-per-million)<br />
mm millimeters<br />
MPUE mortality per unit <strong>of</strong> effort<br />
MPRSA <strong>Marine</strong> Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act<br />
mt metric ton<br />
mtDNA mitochondrial DNA<br />
NASCO North <strong>Atlantic</strong> Salmon Conservation Organization<br />
NCCFWRU North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.<br />
NCDMF North Carolina Division <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Fisheries</strong><br />
NCSU North Carolina State University<br />
nDNA nuclear DNA<br />
NEFC Northeast <strong>Fisheries</strong> Center (USFWS)<br />
NEFO Northeast <strong>Fisheries</strong> Observer program<br />
NEPA <strong>National</strong> Environmental Policy Act<br />
NHFG New Hampshire Fish and Game<br />
NIEM Nelson Institute <strong>of</strong> Environmental Medicine<br />
NMFS <strong>National</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Fisheries</strong> Service<br />
NOAA <strong>National</strong> Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br />
NSBL&D New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam<br />
NPDES <strong>National</strong> Pollutant Discharge Elimination System<br />
NYSDEC New York State Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Conservation<br />
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