Dano,
Good question. I expect that a minimum flow minimum flow requirement would probably increase the standing crop of the invert community (more area that doesn't get dessicated = more inverts). But as to it's effect on a specific invert, I don't know. It would be hard for me to imagine that the overall effect would be anthing but good!

I think that the camp concerned with wade fishing is stuck with some tricky philosophical questions about tradeoffs between benefits for trout ecology vs. benefits for trout fisherman. How do you (and others concerned about minimum flow effects on wade fishing) see this? What do you think the "ideal" situation for minimum flows would be?
-- Rick