| FA | fresh algae |
| OA | old algae |
| T | coastal tundra |
| B | site within the bays |
| H | habitat |
| Tm | time |
| EP | epigeic life form |
| He | hemiedaphic life form |
| Eu | euedaphic life form |
| pCCA | partial canonical correspondence analysis |
| CCA | canonical correspondence analysis |
| DCA | Detrended correspondence analysis |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| GLM | generalised linear model |
| NMDS | Non-metric multidimensional scaling |
| D | density of collembolan communities (103 ind·m−2) |
| S | species richness of collembolan communities |
| H’ | Shannon’s diversity of collembolan communities |
| Hv | Hypogastrura viatica (Tullberg, 1872) |
| Fm | Friesea mirabilis (Tullberg, 1871) |
| Ta | Tetracanthella arctica Cassagna, 1959 |
| Fq | Folsomia quadrioculata (Tullberg, 1871) |
| Ps | Pseudisotoma sensibilis (Tullberg, 1876) |
| Entm | Entomobrya nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758) |