Soil and water chemistry and mobilization rates for phosphate, dissolved organic matter and methane from soil cores of rewetted peatlands in northeast Germany

The data presented here consists of i) soil characteristics, ii) water quality, and iii) mobilization rates for phosphate, dissolved organic matter and methane from soil cores of altogether 12 rewetted inundated peatlands.

In addition we included data from a rewetted non-inundated peatland ("Lehstseemoor"). All studied sites are representative of calcareous rich, i.e. groundwater charged peatlands (= fens) found in the lowlands of NE Germany, as well as in other parts of Europe such as Great Britain, the Netherlands or Poland. All sites developed as fens with peat forming small-sedge-brown moss plant communities in their central parts, with sedge and reed stands at the margins, and occurring either at the edge of areas of mineral soils or close to a water course.