About the Authors

Joerg Brandner

Affiliation Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München (TUM), Freising, Germany

Alexander F. Cerwenka

Affiliations Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München (TUM), Freising, Germany, Department of Ichthyology, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM), München, Germany

Ulrich K. Schliewen

Affiliation Department of Ichthyology, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM), München, Germany

Juergen Geist

geist@wzw.tum.de

Affiliation Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München (TUM), Freising, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB AFC JG UKS. Performed the experiments: JB AFC. Analyzed the data: JB JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB AFC JG UKS. Wrote the paper: JB JG AFC UKS.