The thermocline as an ecotone in stratified freshwater lakes a case study on the benthic testate amoebae in Lake Valdayskoe.xlsx

This study aims to describe the role of the thermocline in forming benthic testate amoebae assemblages along the temperature gradient in the stratified freshwater Lake Valdayskoe. Twenty-eight samples from 9 sites were collected along the transect starting in the littoral zone, going through a long thermocline and finishing in the bottom slope. Presented raw data of testate amoebae individuals distribution per sampling sites and measured environmental variables.