Table 2.
Discriminative components for each zooplankton functional group selected through the Variable Identification (VID) procedure (PLS-R) and listed in decreasing order of VID score ( >|0.5|; n = 428).
| SMC | LMC | RAP | STA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VID | Component | VID | Component | VID | Component | VID | Component | |
| Positive | 0.619 | Lake_cum | 0.880 | Lake_cum | 0.584 | Chl-a | 0.790 | Lake_cum |
| 0.737 | Water | 0.648 | Water | |||||
| 0.604 | Forests | |||||||
| Negative | − 0.663 | P-PO4 | − 0.732 | EC | − 0.691 | P-PO4 | − 0.638 | TN |
| − 0.563 | Pheo/Chl-a | − 0.689 | Wetlands | − 0.586 | Pheo/Chl-a | − 0.624 | EC | |
| − 0.541 | TP | − 0.686 | TN | − 0.547 | TP | − 0.600 | Wetlands | |
| − 0.525 | TN | − 0.619 | Arable lands | − 0.579 | P-PO4 | |||
| − 0.514 | Built-ups | − 0.589 | TIC | − 0.551 | Built-ups | |||
| − 0.567 | N-NO3 | − 0.518 | TIC | |||||
| − 0.551 | Built-ups | |||||||
| − 0.525 | Q | |||||||
Positive VID scores indicate positively associated variables with the response variables, while negative scores indicate variables negatively associated with the response variables. More negative or positive scores suggest a stronger influence.