Multi-trophic level responses to environmental stressors over the past ~150 years: Insights from a lake-rich region of the world

•Diatom, Cladocera, and chironomid distributions and dynamics assessed in lake cores.•Joint application of functional lens and latent variable models shed novel insights.•Distinct networks of co-responses identified along abiotic and biotic gradients.•Consistent pattern of higher species turnover in sites with high human disturbance.•Ecozonal differences in temporal beta-diversity detected.