16S rRNA whole-organism microbiome sequencing for larval insects, adult insects, and riparian spiders collected from Torch Lake and Gratiot Lake, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA, July and October 2021

This data release includes sampling location data, the information about sequenced organisms and the SRA accession number for the 16S whole-organism sequencing data for larval aquatic insects, emergent adult insects, and two riparian spiders from Torch Lake and Gratiot Lake (N=3 sites at each Lake). Torch Lake (Houghton County, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA) is a Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC) and a former EPA Superfund Site and owing to a high concentration of copper and other co-occurring metals from historic mining operations, while no mining or processing activity has taken place in the nearby Gratiot Lake basin (Keweenaw County, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA).