eDNA metabarcoding reveals the role of habitat specialization and spatial and environmental variability in shaping diversity patterns of fish metacommunities

• Tibor Erős ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eros.tibor@blki.hu

  Affiliations HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary, National Laboratory for Water Science and Water Security, HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2252-3115

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• Andrea Funk,

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

  Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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• Didier Pont,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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• Thomas Hein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-4607

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• Paul Meulenbroek,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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• Bálint Preiszner,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary, National Laboratory for Water Science and Water Security, HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3352-2169

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• Alice Valentini,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SPYGEN, Savoie Technolac, Le Bourget du Lac, France

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• István Czeglédi

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

  Affiliations HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary, National Laboratory for Water Science and Water Security, HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary

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