Long-term survey of algae of the Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve including data on chemistry of waters

The dataset presents the summarized data on the algal flora of Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, including the lower reaches of the Lena River and Lena Delta distributary channels, adjoining areas of the Laptev Sea (Tiksi Bay, Neyelova Gulf and Buor-Khaya Gulf); lakes, streams and swampy areas of the lower Lena River basin area; waterbodies and watercourses on Kotelny island (New Siberian Islands archipelago). Dataset includes data on planktonic, benthic and periphytic algal communities. The dataset is based on published works and on our own samples collection. Part of reported events based on later sampling have data on chemical composition of waters were samples were collected. Part of occurrences that based on later sampling has data on abundance (cells per liter) and biomass (mg per liter) of particular species. We plan consistently replenish the dataset as new samples become available.