Structural and functional composition of invertebrate communities associated with leaf patches in forest streams: a comparison between mesohabitats and catchments

We evaluated the influence of mesohabitats and catchments on the structural and functional composition of invertebrate communities associated with leaf patches in Atlantic Forest streams. We hypothesized that invertebrate communities would be more influenced by inter-habitat than inter-catchment variation, i.e., invertebrate taxonomic and trophic composition would differ more between pools and riffles than among catchments. Invertebrate richness...