Macrophyte data of Lake Peipsi

Macrophyte data of Lake Peipsi has been collected from ten different stations (locations with coordinates in the dataset) starting from 2005, during the Estonian National Monitoring of Environment. Species composition and abundances were registered on the transects starting from upper boundary of the temporarily flooded zone to the deepest growth zone. The width of the transect was ca 20 meters on the shore and near the water´s edge and ca 10 m in deeper water. The abundance was estimated on a 1-5-point scale: 1 - single plant or few plants; 2 - scattered plants or some small stands; 3 - numerous, frequent in the observation area; 4 - dominant or codominant; 5 - mass occurrence, absolute dominant (Mäemets et al., 2010). Taxon ID originates from the database: https://www.freshwaterecology.info (according Schmidt-Kloiber, A. & Hering, D., 2015; 2022). For some taxa with more eastern distribution ID was lacking in this database.