Anthropogenic land use changes have altered the structure and function of ecosystems on nearly all parts of the planet (Sala et al., 2000;Zwick, 1992). These alterations often reduce the ability of landscapes to support high biological diversity and decrease the systems' resilience to environmental stressors (i.e., lower their ecological integrity; Freedman, 2015;Ordóñez & Duinker, 2012;Parrish et al., 2003). Much research has been devoted to documenting and quantifying negative impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on
Matthew McKinney for their contribution with benthic analyses. Thank you to Brian Carlson for contributing his skills in benthic invertebrate identification and thank you to George Merovich for assistance with biomass calculations. Thank you to Justin Hatcher for allowing us access to his private property. The contributions of my technicians and volunteers
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