Advances in the use of molecular tools in ecological and biodiversity assessment of aquatic ecosystems

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We are grateful to all participants of the special session The use of molecular tools in ecological and biodiversity assessment of aquatic ecosystems for the productive discussions during the AIL 2018 meeting (XIX Iberian Association of Limnology meeting in Coimbra (Portugal, June 2018). M.J. Feio is supported by MARE strategic program (UID/MAR/04292/2013); SFP Almeida is supported by GeoBioTec strategic program UID/GEO/04035/2019. R. Cordeiro was supported by a Ph.D. Grant (M3.1.a/F/017/2011) from Fundo Regional da Ciencia e Tecnologia (FRCT); A.F. Filipe and A. Garcia-Raventos were supported by FRESHING Project Next-generation biomonitoring: freshwater bioassessment and species conservation improved with metagenomics funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and COMPETE (PTDC/AAG-MAA/2261/2014 -POCI-01-0145-FEDER-356 016824); F.M.S. Martins was supported by a FCT PhD grant (SFRH/BD/104703/2014); A.R. Calapez was supported by a grant from the FCT-PhD programme FLUVIO (PD\BD\52510\2014); A.M. Pujante acknowledges the BIOWAT-KIT_E!11892 Eurostars project; Maria Fais and Sofia Duarte were supported, respectively, by a PhD (SFRH/BD/113547/2015) and a post-doc fellowship (SFRH/BPD/109842/2015), from FCT; and C. Murria acknowledges the Fundacio Aigues de Barcelona for funding his research.