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.

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.