Macrozoobenthos community composition data from the tidal flats south of the backbarrier island Norderney (Lütetsburger plate, June 2013). Data was collected along transects on 3 transition zones between habitat types. Transitions between habitat types were identified by means of remote sensing images.MU - transition from sandy flat to Mytilus edulis mussel bedARE - gradual transition from more sandy to more muddy sedimentUE - abrupt transition between sediment typesSediment from 3 sampling cylinders (area: 181.46 cm2, depth: 30cm) was sieved (mesh width: 1mm) at each sampling location.