Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Beatrice Kulawig for the comparison of the taxa list to the RMO database, Nathalie Kaffenberger for compiling the environmental data and Marlen Mährlein for support with the eDNA collections in the field. We thank Armin Lorenz and Julian Enß for plausibility check of the taxa lists. MS was supported by DBU stipendship (20020/685). MW and IMP received funding through DFG Collaborative Research Center 1439 “RESIST”. We are grateful to the EU Horizon 2020 funded eLTER PLUS project (Grant Agreement No. 871128) and the Horizon Europe funded Marco-Bolo project (Grant Agreement No. 101082021) for financial support to PH.