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Harmful Algal Bloom Communities in Scottish Coastal Waters: Relationship to Fish Farming and Regional Comparisons - A Review: Paper 2006/3

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13.0 ACRONYMS USED IN THIS REPORT

ASP

Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning

AZP

Azaspiracid

AZ

Azaspiracid Poisoning

CPR

Continuous Plankton Recorder

Cu

Copper

DA

Domoic Acid

dcGTX1-4

Decarbomoyl analogues of GTX1-4

dcNEO

Decarbomoyl analogue of NEO

dcSTX

Decarbomoyl analogue of STX

DIN

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen

doGTX2-3

Deoxycarbomoyl analogues of gonyautoxins 2 and 3

DON

Dissolved organic nitrogen

doSTX

Deoxycarbomoyl analogue of STX

DSP

Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning

DST

Dinophysis toxin(s)

DTX-1

Dinophysistoxin 1

DTX-2

Dinophysistoxin 2

DTX-3

Dinophysistoxin 3

DTX-2B

Dinophysistoxin 2B

ENSO

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Fe

Iron

FFI

Fish farm intensity as biomass produced per unit area (kg m -2)

GTX

Gonyautoxin

GTX1-4

Gonyautoxins 1 to 4

HAB

Harmful Algal Bloom(s)

HDHB

High population density, high biomass

HDLB

High population density, low biomass

KT-3

Killary Bay Toxin-3

L:D

Ratio of light to dark photoperiod, in hours

MU

Mouse unit(s)

N

Nitrogen

NAO

North Atlantic Oscillation Index

NEO

Neosaxitoxin

Ni 2+

Nickel

OA

Okadaic acid

P

Phosphorus

PSP

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

PSPT

Paralytic Shellfish Poison Toxin(s)

PST

Paralytic Shellfish Toxin(s)

ROS

Reactive Oxygen Species produced by raphidophytes

SCC

Scottish Coastal Current

Si

Silicon

SOI

Southern Oscillation Index

SST

Sea surface temperature

STX

Saxitoxin

STXeq

Saxitoxin equivalents

t

tonne(s)

WNH

West and North coasts of Scotland and Hebridean Islands region

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