About the Authors

Anna Vilajeliu-Pons

Affiliation LEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Lluis Bañeras

lluis.banyeras@udg.edu

Affiliation Molecular Microbial Ecology Group, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Sebastià Puig

Affiliation LEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Daniele Molognoni

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (D.I.C.Ar.), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Albert Vilà-Rovira

Affiliation LEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Elena Hernández-del Amo

Affiliation Molecular Microbial Ecology Group, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Maria D. Balaguer

Affiliation LEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Jesús Colprim

Affiliation LEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AVP SP MDB JC. Data curation: AVP LB. Formal analysis: AVP SP LB AVR DM. Funding acquisition: JC LB DM. Investigation: AVP LB SP DM AVR EHA MDB JC. Methodology: AVP LB SP DM AVR EHA. Project administration: JC. Resources: LB JC DM. Supervision: SP MDB JC. Validation: AVP LB SP DM AVR EHA MDB JC. Visualization: AVP SP. Writing – original draft: AVP DM AVR. Writing – review & editing: AVP LB SP DM MDB JC.