Abstract
We aimed to understand how the environmental variability produced by water parameters, land use, and land cover in small streams affects aquatic hyphomycete and invertebrate assemblages associated with leaf litter. Land use and land cover were quantified in the drainage area of streams located in the subtropical portion of the Atlantic Forest. We incubated Nectandra megapotamica leaves in streams and, after 30 days, collected decomposing litter to analyze associated aquatic hyphomycetes and invertebrates. Dissolved oxygen was associated with the distribution of aquatic hyphomycetes. On the other hand, 4,068 aquatic invertebrates were found, assigned into five functional feeding groups (FFG). Native vegetation and water temperature were the variables responsible for structuring the invertebrate assemblages associated with detritus. Native vegetation, dissolved oxygen, and total dissolved nitrogen were responsible for the structuring of FFGs. Streams that showed high rates of agriculture and urbanization in the drainage area showed low leaf mass loss. Our study demonstrated that the presence of anthropic uses and reduced native vegetation in the drainage area affected the assemblages of aquatic hyphomycetes and shredders, which are key players in the process of leaf decomposition in streams.
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RMR acknowledges the financial support of the Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul—FAPERGS – 19/2551-0002062-7). LAE acknowledges the graduate scholarship (CAPES/Category II) associated with the URI – Erechim Post-Graduate Program in Ecology. LUH was granted a productivity grant by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—CNPq 307212/2020-3). We would like to thank LAGEPLAM (URI – Erechim) for the development of the map.
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Ebling, L.A., Pastore, B.L., Biasi, C. et al. Does environmental variability in Atlantic Forest streams affect aquatic hyphomycete and invertebrate assemblages associated with leaf litter?. Hydrobiologia 851, 1761–1777 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05415-z
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