Data from: Connectivity and zebra mussel invasion offer short‐term buffering of eutrophication impacts on floodplain lake landscape biodiversity

Plant macro remains of selected lakes in the Upper Lough Erne systemPlant macro remains obtained in cores ULET2 (Upper Lough Erne), NCAS3 (Castle Lough), CBRAS1 (Cornabrass Lough), KILL2 (killymackan Lough) , GOLE1 (Gole Lough) and HEAD1 (Lough Head). The sediment material was collected in the field during 2008-2009 in the Upper Lough Erne system and analysed in the laboratory.Plants_dafor_ST.csvInvertebrate macro remains of selected lakes in the Upper Lough Erne systemInvertebrate macro remains found in cores ULET2 (Upper Lough Erne), NCAS3 (Castle Lough), CBRAS1 (Cornabrass Lough), KILL2 (Killymackan Lough), and HEAD1 (Lough Head). The sediment data was collected in the field during 2008-2009 in the Upper Lough Erne system and analysed in the laboratoryInvertebrates_ST.csvMacrophyte data of contemporary surveysMacrophyte (submerged and floating plants) occurrences data obtained from a site condition assessment of standing water features in the ULE system undertaken for the Northern Ireland Environmental Agency (NIEA) during the summers of 2006-2007 (Goldsmith et al., 2008).Plants_contemporary_freq.csvSub-fossil remain data of invertebrate taxa from 12 lakes in the Upper Lough Erne systemSub-fossil remain data of invertebrate taxa collected in the field in surface sediment samples (uppermost 2 cm) from 12 lakes in the Upper Lough Erne system.Invertebrates_contemporary.csv