Analysis of 13,312 benthic invertebrate samples from German streams reveals minor deviations in ecological status class between abundance and presence/absence data

• Dominik Buchner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dominik Buchner, Florian Leese

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Duisburg-Essen, Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Essen, Germany

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• Arne J. Beermann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Duisburg-Essen, Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Essen, Germany, Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), Essen, Germany

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• Alex Laini,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parma, Italy

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• Peter Rolauffs,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Duisburg-Essen, Aquatic Ecology, Essen, Germany

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• Simon Vitecek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations WasserCluster Lunz, Lunz am See, Austria, University of Natural Resources Vienna, Wien, Austria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7637-563X

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• Daniel Hering,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), Essen, Germany, University of Duisburg-Essen, Aquatic Ecology, Essen, Germany

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• Florian Leese

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dominik Buchner, Florian Leese

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: florian.leese@uni-due.de

  Affiliations University of Duisburg-Essen, Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Essen, Germany, Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), Essen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-913X

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