Quantitative monitoring of diverse fish communities on a large scale combining eDNA metabarcoding and qPCR
Running title: Fish communities eDNA quantitative monitoring
Didier Pont1, Paul Meulenbroek1,2, Vincenz Bammer3, Tony Dejean4, Tibor Erős5, Pauline Jean4, Mirjana Lenhardt6, Christoffer Nagel7, Ladislav Pekarik8, Michael Schabuss9, Bernhard C. Stoeckle7, Elena Stoica10, Horst Zornig9, Alexander Weigand11, Alice Valentini4
1 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria. 2WasserCluster Lunz -Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria. 3 Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft, Institut für Gewässerökologie und Fischereiwirtschaft, Abteilung Gewässerökologie, Scharfling 18, 5310 Mondsee, Austria. 4 SPYGEN, 17, rue du Lac Saint-André, Savoie Technolac, BP 274, 73375Le Bourget du Lac, France.5 Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Eötvös Lor´and Research Network (ELKH), Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3, Tihany, Hungary.6 Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana 142, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia. 7 Technical University of Munich, Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany. 8 Trnava University, Faculty of Education, Priemyselná 4, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia.9 PRO FISCH OG Ecological Consultants, Hörlgasse 6/2/13, 1090 Vienna, Austria. 10 National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa”, Blvd. Mamaia no. 300, 900581, Constanţa, România. 11 National Museum of Natural History, 25 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to D.P (didier.pont@boku.ac.at).