Acronyms
AFB alternative formulation briefing
AHF Airborne Height Finder
AM adaptive management
ASA Assistant Secretary of the Army
ASPRS American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ASR aquifer storage and recovery
ATLSS Across Trophic Level System Simulation
BEST Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
BMP best management practice
C canal
CAR Coordination Act Report
CEM conceptual ecological model
CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
CESI Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CISRERP Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
CROGEE Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
C&SF Central and Southern Florida
CSOP Combined Structural and Operational Plan
CW Civil Works
DDD dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
DDE dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
DE district engineer
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DEP Department of Environmental Protection
DMSTA Dynamic Model for Storm Water Treatment Area
DOI U.S. Department of the Interior
DQO data quality objective
EAA Everglades Agricultural Area
ECP Everglades Construction Project
EDEN Everglades Depth Estimation Network
ELM Everglades Landscape Model
ENP Everglades National Park
FAU Florida Atlantic University
FBAMS Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Ecosystems Science
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FGCU Florida Gulf Coast University
FIATT Florida Invasive Animals Task Team
FIU Florida International University
FSM feasibility scoping meeting
FWC Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FY fiscal year
GAO Government Accountability Office
GIS geographic information system
HAED high-accuracy elevation data
HMDT high-resolution multi-data source topography
HSI Habitat Suitability Index
IAR Incremental Adaptive Restoration
IOP Interim Operational Plan
IPR in-progress review
IRL Indian River Lagoon
IRL-S Indian River Lagoon-South
ISOP Interim Structural and Operational Plan
kg kilogram
L levee
LiDAR Light Detection and Ranging
LILA Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment
LOER Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery
MAP Monitoring and Assessment Plan
MCACES Micro-Computer Aided Cost Engineering System
mg milligrams
MISP Master Implementation Sequencing Plan
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MT metric ton
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NESS Northeastern Shark River Slough
NEWTT Noxious and Exotic Weed Task Team
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS National Park Service
NRC National Research Council
NSM Natural Systems Model
NSRSM Natural System Regional Simulation Model
NWR National Wildlife Refuge
OMB Office of Management and Budget
P phosphorus
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PAL planning aid letter
PBA Palm Beach Aggregates
PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
PDT Project Delivery Team
PI principal investigator
PIR project implementation report
P.L. Public Law
PM performance measure
PMP project management plan
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
PSTA periphyton stormwater treatment area
QASR Quality Assurance Systems Requirement
RECOVER Restoration Coordination and Verification
REMER Regional Engineering Model for Ecosystem Restoration
ROD Record of Decision
S structure
SAV submerged aquatic vegetation
SCCF Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
SCG Science Coordination Group
SCT Science Coordination Team
SEI Sustainable Ecosystems Institute
SESI Spatially Explicit Species Index
SFERTF South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
SFRSM South Florida Regional Simulation Model
SFWMD South Florida Water Management District
SFWMM South Florida Water Management Model
SHOALS Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LiDAR Survey
SICS Southern Inland and Coastal Systems
SMA square mile area
SPOT System-wide Planning and Operations Team
SRS Shark River Slough
SSG Science Subgroup
STA stormwater treatment area
TIME Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone
TP total phosphorus
TS Taylor Slough
UF University of Florida
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WAM Watershed Assessment Model
WCA Water Conservation Area
WMA Wildlife Management Area
WPA Water Preservation Area
WRDA Water Resources Development Act
WSS West Shark Slough
WSTB Water Science and Technology Board
WY water year
