| AET |
Apparent Effects Threshold |
| ATLAS |
Aquatic and Terrestrial Load of Anthropogenic Substances
(Miljøstyrelsens database for miljøfremmede stoffer i sedimenter) |
| AVS |
Syreflygtigt sulfid |
| BaP |
benzo(a)pyren |
| CAD |
Confined Aquatic Disposal |
| CDF |
Confined Disposal Facility |
| COE |
US. Army Corps of Engineers |
| COMMPS |
Combined monitoring-based and modelling–based priority
setting scheme |
| DEHP |
Diethylhexylphthalat |
| dw |
Dry weight |
| ECx |
Effekt koncentration for x procent af population |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERL/M |
Effect Range Low/Medium |
| EP |
Equilibrium Partitioning |
| EPOCL |
Summen af Ekstraherbart Persistent Organisk
Clor |
| EU |
European Union |
| foc |
Fraktionen af organisk kulstof |
| HELCOM |
Helsinki Kommissionen |
| ISQG |
Interim Sediment Quality Guideline |
| Kow |
Oktanol vand fordelingskoefficient |
| LC72 |
London Convention fra 1972 |
| LCx |
Letal koncentration for x procent af population |
| NOAA |
National Ocenographic and Atmospheric Agency |
| NOEC |
No observed effect concentration |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Coorperation and Development |
| OSPAR |
Oslo-Paris Konventionen |
| PAH |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PEC |
Predicted Environmental Concentration |
| PEL |
Probable Effect Level |
| PNEC |
Predicted No-Effect Concentration |
| Ppm |
Parts per million (e.g. mg/l) |
| SQT |
Sediment Quality Triad |
| SKK |
Sedimentkvalitetskriterie |
| TBT |
Tributyltin |
| TE |
Toksicitets Ekvivalenter for en række dioxiner |
| TEL |
Threshold Effect Level |
| TIE |
Toxicity Identification Evaluation |
| TOC |
Total organisk kulstof |
| TS |
Tørstof |
| USEPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| VKK |
Vandkvalitetskriterie |
| VVM |
Vurdering af virkninger på miljøet |