| SOC | Sediment organic carbon |
| MML | Microbial metabolic limitation |
| EEA | Extracellular enzymatic activity |
| VPA | Variance partitioning analysis |
| PLS-PM | Partial least squares path modeling |
| DCA | Detrended correspondence analysis |
| MRM | Multiple regression on dissimilarity matrix |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| TN | Total nitrogen |
| TP | Total phosphorus |
| MAT | Mean annual temperature |
| MAP | Mean annual precipitation |
| ASV | amplicon sequence variant |
| DIP | Dissolved inorganic phosphorus |
| DIN | Dissolved inorganic nitrogen |
| DOC | Dissolved organic carbon |
| Chl-a | Chlorophyll-a |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Square |
| BG | β-1,4-Glucosidase |
| CBH | Cellobiohydrolase |
| NAG | β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase |
| LAP | Leucine aminopeptidase |
| AP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| AMC | 7-amino-4-methyl coumarin |
| MUB | 4-methylumbelliferone |