How Do Sampling Methods Affect the Body Size–Abundance Relationships of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Freshwater Ecosystems? A Comparative Analysis

Body size is a key trait of species, populations, and organisms; it relates to abundance, home range, metabolic rates, stressors. As reported by Damuth’s law, the relationship between body abundance negative with slope value −0.75. In aquatic ecosystems, particularly for benthic macroinvertebrates, deviates from expected This variation may depend on abiotic biotic factors as well methods that are used sample macroinvertebrates. “Leaf-bags” “Surber-net” most they provide different data about structures sampled Here, we size–abundance relationships compare macroinvertebrate assemblages two sampling (Leaf-bags Surber-net). We found Leaf-bags greater number smaller taxa than Surber-net, which collected individuals larger sizes. our study, differences in these were evident even if experiment was performed at limited spatio–temporal scale. Therefore, Surber-net should be complementary rather alternative techniques since integrated information communities.