AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Sofie Derycke designed the research, analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the paper
Sara Maes performed the labwork, submitted sequences to Bold and wrote the manuscript
Laure Van den Bulcke conducted labwork
Joran Vanhollebeke wrote the R scripts and created the Github page
Jan Wittoeck identified the macrobenthos morphologically
Hans Hillewaert vouchered the specimens prior to barcoding
Bart Ampe helped in statistical analyses, interpreted statistical results and critically reviewed the manuscript
Annelies Haegeman helped in designing the study, interpreted the data and critically reviewed the manuscript
Kris Hostens provided funding for the research, designed the study and interpreted the data
Annelies Debacker provided funding for the research, interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript