A shallow subtidal area in the northern Wadden Sea was monitored for sediment parameters and macrobenthic fauna using stratified random sampling of a grid of 50 sampling positions. Samples were collected with a Reineck-type box-corer of 0.02 m² surface area, macrobenthos (sieved through 1 mm square meshes and fixed in buffered formalin solution) was counted, identified to species level, and the size of hard-shelled individuals measured. This dataset contains the size measurements of 1018 individuals from the five sampling dates in 2011.

In preparation for a forthcoming monitoring project, a shallow subtidal area in the northern Wadden Sea was studied for macrozoobenthos >1 mm sieve size. Using a Reineck-type box-corer of 0.02 m² surface area, abundance and specific composition were evaluated from a sampling grid of 21 positions with two replicates each. Temporarily, sampling was repeated 9 times. Analyses of spatial and temporal variability revealed that within-site variability was far lower than between-site variability. As a consequence, the later monitoring project was based on a higher number of study sites at the cost of within-site replication.

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A shallow subtidal area in the northern Wadden Sea was monitored for sediment parameters and macrobenthic fauna using stratified random sampling of a grid of 50 sampling positions. Samples were collected with a Reineck-type box-corer of 0.02 m² surface area, macrobenthos (sieved through 1 mm square meshes and fixed in buffered formalin solution) was counted, identified to species level, and the size of hard-shelled individuals measured. This dataset contains the size measurements of 134 individuals from the 2019 sampling.

A shallow subtidal area in the northern Wadden Sea was monitored for sediment parameters and macrobenthic fauna using stratified random sampling of a grid of 50 sampling positions. Samples were collected with a Reineck-type box-corer of 0.02 m² surface area, macrobenthos (sieved through 1 mm square meshes and fixed in buffered formalin solution) was counted, identified to species level, and the size of hard-shelled individuals measured. This dataset contains the size measurements of 120 individuals from the 2018 sampling.

A shallow subtidal area in the northern Wadden Sea was monitored for sediment parameters and macrobenthic fauna using stratified random sampling of a grid of 50 sampling positions. Samples were collected with a Reineck-type box-corer of 0.02 m² surface area, macrobenthos (sieved through 1 mm square meshes and fixed in buffered formalin solution) was counted, identified to species level, and the size of hard-shelled individuals measured. This dataset contains the size measurements of 259 individuals from the 2017 sampling.

A shallow subtidal area in the northern Wadden Sea was monitored for sediment parameters and macrobenthic fauna using stratified random sampling of a grid of 50 sampling positions. Samples were collected with a Reineck-type box-corer of 0.02 m² surface area, macrobenthos (sieved through 1 mm square meshes and fixed in buffered formalin solution) was counted, identified to species level, and the size of hard-shelled individuals measured. This dataset contains the size measurements of 253 individuals from the 2016 sampling.