Abstract
This datafile is part of a study that shows how a previously induces water level drawdown affects seed bank composition and sediment chemistry, 30 years after the event. The samples were collected in a nature reserve in the Netherlands, Oostvaardersplassen. The datafile is split in three sections in accordance with the manuscript and covers (1) soil samples collected from the field in June 2021. Afterwards soil was sieved and left in the greenhouse for germination quantification; (2) soil samples collected from the field in November 2021. Afterwards nutrient analyses have been done on the samples; (3) intact soil cores collected from the field in November 2020 for a 8-week indoor mesocosm experiment to assess nutrient availability and seedbank composition under three different water level treatments.
