1. Global Species Programme; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); UK
2. Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB); Berlin Germany
3. Operational Directorate Natural Environment; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Brussels Belgium
4. National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC); Alton IL USA
5. Department of Biology; Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis MO USA
6. Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB); Berlin Germany
7. Department of Ecology; Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin); Berlin Germany
8. Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam; Potsdam Germany
9. Moore Center for Science; Conservation International; Arlington Virginia USA
10. Water Science and Engineering; IHE Delft Institute for Water Education; Delft The Netherlands
11. Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management; Wageningen University; Wageningen The Netherlands
12. Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin; Germany
13. School of Nature Conservation; Beijing Forestry University; China
14. Tvärminne Zoological Station; University of Helsinki; Finland
15. Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research; Berlin Germany
16. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University; Brisbane Australia
17. Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Vienna Austria
18. Synchronicity Earth; London UK
19. Freshwater Programme; World Wildlife Fund-US; Washington DC USA
20. Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Vienna Austria
21. NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; Sydney NSW Australia
22. Australian Museum; Sydney Australia
23. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity; Grahamstown South Africa