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AUGUST 2005 FINAL REPORT<br />

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

% Percent<br />

° Degree(s)<br />

°C Degree(s) Celsius<br />

µm Micron(s)<br />

µp Micropascal(s)<br />

3D Three-dimensional<br />

AAFB Andersen Air Force Base<br />

AIW Antarctic Intermediate War<br />

AVHRR Advanced Very High-resolution Radiometer<br />

BMUS Bottomfish Management Unit Species<br />

C Carbon<br />

CCD Carbonate Compensation Depth<br />

CDW Circumpolar Deep Water<br />

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality<br />

CFR Code of Federal Regulations<br />

CHCRT Currently Harvested Coral Reef Taxa<br />

chl a Chlorophyll a<br />

cm Centimeter(s)<br />

cm/yr Centimeter(s) Per Year<br />

CMUS Crustacean Management Unit Species<br />

CNMI Commonwealth of <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Mariana Islands<br />

CODAR Coastal Ocean Dynamics Radars<br />

COMNAVMARIANAS Commanding Officer, United States Naval Forces <strong>Marianas</strong><br />

COMPACFLT Commander, United States Pacific Fleet<br />

COTS Crown-of-thorn starfish<br />

CRE FMP Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan<br />

CRE MUS Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Unit Species<br />

CRE Coral Reef Ecosystem<br />

CRED Coral Reef Ecosystem Division<br />

CWA Clean Water Act<br />

CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner<br />

CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act<br />

d Day<br />

DAWR Division of Aquatic and Wildlife <strong>Resources</strong><br />

dB re 1µPa-m Decibels at <strong>the</strong> Reference Level of One Micropascal at One Meter<br />

dB Decibel<br />

DFW Division of Fish and Wildlife<br />

DoD Department of Defense<br />

DoI Department of <strong>the</strong> Interior<br />

DoN Department of <strong>the</strong> Navy<br />

DSL Deep Scattering Layer<br />

EA Environmental <strong>Assessment</strong><br />

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone<br />

EFH Essential Fish Habitat<br />

EIS Environmental Impact Statement<br />

ENSO El Niño/Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Oscillation<br />

EO Executive Order<br />

EPA Environmental Protection Agency<br />

ERA Ecological Reserve Area<br />

ESA Endangered Species Act<br />

ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.<br />

FAA Federal Aviation Administration<br />

FAD Fish Aggregating Device<br />

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization<br />

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