Table 1. Overview of sampling sites in terms of name and water body abbreviations, coordinates, habitat type and sample month.

Sample month: A = April, J = June, S = September.

Name	Abbreviation	Latitude (N)	Longitude (E)	Habitat type	Sample month
Kernersee	KS	51.485102	11.740385	open shoreline of a lake, sand	A/J/S
Bindersee	BS	51.489583	11.724183	reed-belt of the lake, sand with detritus	A/J/S
Teufe	TE	51.470694	11.675120	die-back reed-belt of the lake, muddy substrate (sludge)with other plant remains	A/J/S
Teufe 2	TE2	51.471072	11.676226	reed-belt of the lake, mud (sludge)	A/J
Quelle im Wald (spring in the woods)	QW	51.470166	11.668428	temporary source fed ditch section, mud with plant remains (rotten leaves)	A/J/S
Ottilienteich	OT	51.467471	11.682365	braced shoreline of the lake, dense growth of aqutic macrophytes, rarely sediment	A/J/S
Ottilienteich 2	OT2	51.468329	11.682151	open shoreline of the lake, sand	A/J/S
Wannsleben	WL	51.465623	11.744928	shallow shoreline of the pond, muddy substrate with gravel	A/J/S
Tongrube Alte Schule (Clay pit ‘Old School’)	TA	51.463703	11.764960	open shoreline, muddy substrate with algea and macrophyts	A/J/S
Salzatal	ST	51.485483	11.790107	reed-belt of the lake, sand	A/J
Süßer See	SS	51.498387	11.676360	shallow shoreline, sand covered with coarse gravel, stones and algea	J/S
Mittelgraben	MG	51.485583	11.741115	ditch sampled on ist slope, muddy substrate with macrophytes	S