| DOC | dissolved organic carbon |
| DOM | dissolved organic matter |
| OP | octylphenol |
| BPA | bisphenol A |
| log KCOC | partition coefficient normalized colloidal organic carbon |
| BDOM | the filtered bulk DOM solution (<0.45 μm) |
| LDOM | low molecular weight DOM (<1 kDa) |
| MDOM | middle molecular weight DOM (1–10 kDa) |
| HDOM | high molecular weight DOM (10 kDa–0.45 μm) |
| SUVA254 | specific ultraviolet absorption at 254 nm |
| HOC | hydrophobic organic compound |
| UV/Vis | ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy |
| PXEC | phenolic xenoestrogenic compounds |
| log KOW | octanol/water partition coefficient |
| FSQM | fluorescence static quenching modeling |
| HS | humic substances |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| EEM | three-dimensional fluorescence excitation/emission matrix |
| HIX | humification index |
| E1 | estrone |
| E2 | 17β-estradiol |
| E3 | estriol |
| EE2 | 17α-ethynylestradiol |
| NP | nonylphenol |
| log KOC | the OC normalized sorption constants for solid-liquid partition |
| VFi | the volume fraction |
| MB | organic carbon mass balances |
| MFi | organic carbon mass fractions |