AF accumulation factor

Ag silver

Al aluminum

AMS Applied Marine Sciences

ANCOVA analysis of covariance

ANOVA analysis of variance

As arsenic

ASC Ambient Sediment Criteria

BBI Bodega Bay Institute

BDL below detection limit

BPTCP Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program

Cd cadmium

CHC chlorinated hydrocarbons

CMP Sacramento Coordinated Water Quality Monitoring Program

Cr chromium

CTD conductivity temperature depth

CTR California Toxics Rule

Cu copper

DDD dichlorodiphenyldichlorethane

DDE dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene

DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DO dissolved oxygen

DOB dibromooctafluorobiphenyl

DOI Delta Outflow Index

DWR Department of Water Resources

EDTA ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid

EIP Estuary Interface Pilot Study

ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ERL Effects Range-Low

ERM Effects Range-Median

Fe iron

GC/ECD gas chromatograph/electron capture detectors

GFF flat-glass fiber filter

HCH hexachlorocyclohexane

Hg mercury

HMB hexamethyl benzene

HMW PAH high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

ICP-AES inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

ITEQ dioxin toxic equivalent due to dibenzodioxins and dibezofurans

LMW PAH low molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

MDL method detection limit

mERMq mean Effects Range-Median Quotient

mg/kg milligram per kilogram

mg/L milligram per liter

µg/kg microgram per kilogram

µg/L microgram per liter

Mn manganese

MPSL Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory

MSD minimum significant difference

NA not analyzed

ND not detected or below the detection limit

ng/g nanogram per gram

Ni nickel

NiEDTA2 nickel complexed with ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NWQA USGS National Water Quality Assessment

OBS optical backscatter sensors

OC organochlorines

OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

PAH polycyclic or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Pb lead

PBO piperonyl butoxide

PCA principal components analysis

PCB polychlorinated biphenyl

pg/g picograms per gram

pg/L picograms per liter

ppb parts per billion

ppm parts per million

ppq parts per quadrillion

ppt parts per trillion

psu practical salinity unit

PUF polyurethane foam

QA quality assurance

QA/QC quality assurance/quality control

QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan

Regional Board San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board

RMP Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances in the San Francisco Estuary

Se selenium

SFEI San Francisco Estuary Institute

SFBRWQCB see Regional Board

SIM selected ion monitoring

SJSC WPCP San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant

SRCSD Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District

SRTPCP Sacramento River Toxic Pollutant Control Program

SRWP Sacramento River Watershed Program

SQG sediment quality guidelines

SSC suspended-solids concentration

SWI sediment water interface

TEF dioxin toxic equivalency factor

TEQ dioxin toxic equivalent

TIE toxicity identification evaluation

TL tolerance limit

TMDL total maximum daily load

TOC total organic carbon

TSS total suspended solids

U.S. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

USGS United States Geological Survey

WER water effects ratio

WQC water quality criterion

WQO water quality objective

XAD cross-linked amberlight divinyl benzene (adsorbent resin)

Zn zinc