It's the little things that count: Meiofaunal density and production in the sediment of two headwater streams

The distribution of biomass production and its allocation across populations under environmental constraints draw a picture of community dynamics and energy flows in ecosystems. However, microscopic benthic invertebrates (meiofauna) are often overlooked in stream production budgets. We monitored the meiofauna dwelling in the sediment at two headwater stream sites (Ems and Furlbach, NW Germany) during 1 year. The two streams were similar in their...