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.

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a species list, obtained by species lists reported in published papers or books (89.24%) and grey literature or unpublished data collected by the authors (10.76%).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.

This dataset provide a broad perspective and information on taxonomic and morphological (shape and size) structure of phytoplankton communities in maldivian lagoon ecosystems.

This dataset provide a broad perspective and information on taxonomic and morphological (shape and size) structure of phytoplankton communities in Australian lagoon ecosystems.

This dataset provide a broad perspective and information on taxonomic and morphological (shape and size) structure of phytoplankton communities in Greek lagoon ecosystems.

This dataset provide a broad perspective and information on taxonomic and morphological (shape and size) structure of phytoplankton communities in Brasilian lagoon ecosystems.

This dataset provide a broad perspective and information on taxonomic and morphological (shape and size) structure of phytoplankton communities in Scottish lagoon ecosystem.