About the Authors

Raphaël Civade

civade_raphael@hotmail.fr

Affiliation Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses Research unit, IRSTEA, Antony, France

Tony Dejean

Affiliation SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France

Alice Valentini

Affiliation SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France

Nicolas Roset

Affiliation Rhône-Alpes Regional Direction, ONEMA, Bron, France

Jean-Claude Raymond

Affiliation Rhône-Alpes Regional Direction, ONEMA, Bron, France

Aurélie Bonin

Affiliations Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), CNRS, Grenoble, France, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France

Pierre Taberlet

Affiliations Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), CNRS, Grenoble, France, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France

Didier Pont

Affiliation Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses Research unit, IRSTEA, Antony, France

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: PT is co-inventor of a patent on "teleo" primers and on the use of the amplified fragment for identifying fish species from environmental samples. This patent only restricts commercial applications and has no impact on the use of this method by academic researchers. AV and TD are research scientists in a private company (SPYGEN), specialized on the use of eDNA for species detection. The private companies EDF and SPYGEN participated at this study, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC AV TD JCR NR DP. Performed the experiments: RC TD JCR NR. Analyzed the data: RC JCR NR DP. Wrote the paper: RC AV TD JCR NR AB PT DP. Provided guidance during the study: AV PT DP. Performed the metabarcoding analysis: RC AV TD.