The dataset is part of a Master degree study on the organization of phytoplankton communities in the port of Otranto (Apulia Region, Italy). Taxonomic and morphological phytoplankton data are collected.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in the LTER site Alimini (Apulia, Italy). Data refer to 26 taxa and 17895 individuals.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in the LTER site Alimini (Apulia, Italy). Data refer to 54 taxa and 71213 individuals.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected in the LTER site Alimini (Apulia, Italy). Data refer to 51 taxa and 35504 individuals.

The dataset is part of a Master degree thesis titled “Evaluation of transitional coastal enviroment health status: Torre Guaceto”. The dataset includes taxonomic and morphological data of phytoplankton organisms collected in Torre Guaceto (Apulia, Italy), a marine protected area, located 15 km to the North of Brindisi. Torre Guaceto is a Site of Community Importance (SIC) and Special Protected Area.

The study of Stygofauna and Troglofauna is critical to preserve subterranean biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in spite of climate change. However, underground habitats, often hosting unique and endemic species, present significant challenges for traditional biodiversity assessments due to their inaccessibility and the specialised nature of their inhabitants, which results in paucity of academic studies. Furthermore, in many places knowledge of underground fauna is mainly held by non-academic site experts, such as nature guides, amateur speleological groups and environmental area managers. This valuable knowledge is rarely organised and shared according to modern data management criteria, making it less usable for research purposes. Reawakening this dormant data, standardising and sharing it according to modern criteria offers enormous opportunities to expand existing academic knowledge and provide support for future studies. This long-term dataset represents a unique and invaluable resource for elucidating the characteristics of Apulian subterranean ecosystems. Integrating observations already published in previous studies with unpublished records, this is the first complete data collection on Apulian Speleofauna organised according to modern standards of data sharing.

The dataset provides data on the flora and fauna of the Natura 2000 sites in Apulia, Italy. The dataset is a collection of bibliographic data on the presence of species of fauna and flora belonging to the red lists and not present in Natura 2000 sites. The data was collected considering everything that has been published locally, regionally and nationally. This research included not only data included in the literature but also to the so-called "gray literature". For this research were consulted articles published in local magazines, dissertations, brochures and data published in journals of higher knowledge.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of fishes and invertebrates communities of 3 coastal lagoons located in south Italy: Lesina, Varano and Alimini. Data refer to 59 taxa and 32308 individuals.

The dataset contains abundance and body size data of the benthic macroinvertebrates communities of 3 coastal lagoons located in south Italy: Lesina, Varano and Alimini. Data refer to 69 taxa and 52112 individuals.