About the Authors

Goran Gužvica

Affiliation Department for Biomonitoring and Nature Protection, Oikon Ltd., Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia

Ivana Bošnjak

Affiliation Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia

Ana Bielen

Affiliation Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia

Danijel Babić

Affiliation Byte Lab, Zagreb, Croatia

Biserka Radanović-Gužvica

Affiliation Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia

Lidija Šver

lsver@pbf.hr

Affiliation Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no financial, professional or personal competing interests that might have influenced the objectivity or validity of the research, analyses, or interpretations presented in the paper. The authors' affiliation to OIKON Ltd., Institute of Applied Ecology, does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG IB AB DB BRG LŠ. Performed the experiments: GG IB AB DB BRG LŠ. Analyzed the data: IB AB DB BRG LŠ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG BRG LŠ. Wrote the paper: GG IB AB DB BRG LŠ. Designed the software used in analysis: DB.