11 
lw 
lipid weight 
m 
Male 
MAE 
Microwave Assisted Extraction 
MATC 
Maximum acceptable toxicant concentration 
MC5, MC7, MC8 
Trivial names of chlordane compounds 
ME 
Methyl- 
in PC A 
medium-chain polychlorinated n-alkancs 
MRM 
Multiple Reaction Monitoring 
MS 
Mass Spectrometry 
MS/MS 
Tandem mass spectrometry: A mass spectrometric technique 
which increases selectivity and lowers detection limits. Ions 
specific for a compound are selected with the first mass filter and 
then fragmented into smaller structure characteristic ion in a 
collison cell. One of these ions is the selected with the second 
mass filter. 
MUDAB 
Meeresumweltdatenbank, Marine Environmental Data Base, BSH 
MW 
Molecular weight 
m/z 
Mass-to-charge ratio: The mass of an ion detected by mass 
spectrometry compared to its charge z (normally 1). 
na 
not analysed 
nd 
not detectable 
ni 
not identified 
NIC I 
Negative Ion Chemical Ionisation: A mass spectrometric 
ionisation technique, which forms anion adducts or fragments ion 
from molecular ions by gas phase reactions between an reagent gas 
and a molecule. This increases selectivity and sensitivity for 
selected compounds. 
np 
NPD 
not possible 
Nitrogen-Phosphorus Detector 
NOEC 
Non Observable Effect Concentration 
ns 
not specified 
OCN 
Octachloronaphthalene 
OSPAR 
Oslo-Paris Convention 
PAH 
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 
PCB 
Polychlorinated Biphenyls