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Table 2

Five groups of environmental variables included in Spearman correlation analysis (Abbrev. – abbreviation, Med – median, Min – minimum and Max – maximum) and the data transformations that we applied (Trans.).

Group Variable Abbrev. Unit Med Min Max Trans.
Landscape characteristics Altitude (Alt) m 292 101 526  
⁎Max depth (Max_dp) m 17 4 87 ln(x + 1)
Mean depth (Mean_dp) m 7 3 28 ln(x + 1)
Volume (Vol) m3 ⁎ 106 6.5 1.2 92.4 ln(x + 1)
Lake size (Size) km2 0.96 0.36 3.28 ln(x + 1)
Catchment size (Catc) km2 25.4 6.5 127.7 ln(x + 1)
Retention time (t_ret) days 110 4 885 ln(x + 1)
Hydromorphological alteration Littoral zone (Z_Litt)   0.35 0.00 0.85  
Shoreline zone (Z_Shor)   0.00 0.00 0.75  
Riparian zone (Z_Rip)   0.25 0.00 1.00  
Lake shore zone (Z_LShor)   0.25 0.00 1.00  
Lakeshore modification index (LMI)   0.89 0.15 2.66  
Lithal     44 0 100 arcsin(sqrtx)
FineSubs     0 0 98 arcsin(sqrtx)
Argyllal     0 0 99 arcsin(sqrtx)
Phytal     3 0 100 arcsin(sqrtx)
Xylal     1 0 60 arcsin(sqrtx)
POM     1 0 90 arcsin(sqrtx)
Land use Urbanization (URBAN) % 1 0 11 arcsin(sqrtx)
Intensive agriculture (I-AG) % 29 0 57 arcsin(sqrtx)
Extensive agriculture (E-AG) % 19 1 31 arcsin(sqrtx)
Arable land (FIE) % 25 0 54 arcsin(sqrtx)
Plantations (PLANT) % 0 0 11 arcsin(sqrtx)
Natural areas (NAT) % 49 25 99 arcsin(sqrtx)
Fish stocking Piscivorous (Pisci) kg/ha 3.36 0 18.53 ln(x + 1)
Omnivorous (Omni) kg/ha 3.57 0.00 1000 ln(x + 1)
Invertivorous–Piscivorous (InvPisci) kg/ha 0.11 0.00 21.33 ln(x + 1)
Invertivorous (Inv) kg/ha 0.01 0.00 11.38 ln(x + 1)
Herbi- and planktivorous (HerPlank) kg/ha 0.00 0.00 2.38 ln(x + 1)
Stocked biomass (kg/ha) kg/ha 14.89 0.00 1000 ln(x + 1)
Number of fish species (NoFishSp) number 6.00 0.00 14.00  
Eutrophication Secchi depth (SecD) cm 1.96 0.22 9.78 ln(x + 1)
Total phosphorous (TP) μg PO4-P/l 27.7 3.5 224.0 ln(x + 1)
Orthophosphate (PO4) μg PO4-P/l 2.5 0.8 191.8 ln(x + 1)
Nitrate (NO3) μg NO3-N/l 0.59 0.14 4.53 ln(x + 1)
Ammonium (NH4) μg NH4-N/l 108 5 811 ln(x + 1)
Total nitrogen (TN) mg N/l 0.80 0.08 6.95 ln(x + 1)
Chlorophyll a (Chl_a) μg/l 5.8 0.9 61.4 ln(x + 1)

Indicate variables which were excluded after Spearman correlation analysis.

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