| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| TLI | Total Nutrient Load Index |
| LOI | Loss on Ignition |
| βsor | Sørensen dissimilarity index |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| TP | Total Phosphorus |
| χfd | frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility |
| DCA | Detrended Correspondence Analysis |
| RDA | Redundancy Analysis |
| STARS | Sequential t-test Analysis of Regime Shifts |
| RSI | Regime Shift Index |
| P/L | Planktonic-to-littoral cladoceran ratio |
| MD | Median Diameter |