Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1981 to 1990

The phytoplankton dataset includes samples collected from shallow to shelf Romanian waters, in the period 1981 - 1990, from February to November; there is no similar frequency each year. Dataset contains abundance data (cells per liter) and biomass (mg/m3) for individual phytoplankton taxa.

Data gathered from literature on the fish communities of the Mediterranean lagoons.

The dataset is the result of a search, of published information and data on the fish communities of the Mediterranean lagoons, performed using official cartographic information at the national and/or regional level, national and/or regional published catalogues of lagoons, publications in international, national and local peer reviewed journals. Tha dataset contains occurence data for 79 fish communities in transitional water ecosystems. Dataset includes data on 272 fish taxa and 1609 records.

Benthic macroinvertebrate communities data of the Mediterranean and Black Sea lagoons.

The dataset contains occurence data for 184 macroinvertebrate communities in Mediterranean and Black Sea transitional water ecosystems. Dataset includes a species list, obtained by species lists reported in published papers or books (89.24%) and grey literature or unpublished data collected by the authors (10.76%). It includes data on 1721 macroinvertebrate species.

Benthic macroinvertebrates communities data collected in 15 coastal lagoons of Mediterranean and Black sea by using the leaf pack technique.

The dataset contains taxonomic and body size data of benthic macroinvertebrates collected during the spring 2005 in 15 Mediterranean and Black Sea transitional water ecosystems. Data refer to 188 taxa and 34492 individuals.