Scholars

Professor

Positions:

Professor, Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Professor, Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Research Areas:

Wetlands, Climatic change, Climatic changes, Climate Dynamics and Prediction, Climatic changes, Food chains (Ecology), Restoration ecology

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Profile Summary

armitaga@tamug.edu

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Websites

Coastal and Wetlands Ecology Lab

ORCID

0000-0003-1563-8026

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Wetlands, Climatic change, Climatic changes, Climate Dynamics and Prediction, Climatic changes, Food chains (Ecology), Restoration ecology

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overview

Dr. Anna Armitage is a broadly trained community ecologist with over 20 years of experience working in coastal wetlands. Her research utilizes multivariate, interdisciplinary field studies to study trophic interactions and anthropogenic impacts in coastal wetland habitats, including marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses. Her current research projects include studies about the effects of nutrient enrichment on ecological interactions and processes in the mangrove-marsh ecotone and other coastal wetland habitats. She has extensive experience conducting large-scale field surveys and managing and analyzing complex datasets. She has published 36 peer-reviewed papers and has supervised numerous graduate and undergraduate students and postdoctoral research scholars.

education and training

Ph.D. in Biology, University of California Los Angeles - (Los Angeles, California, United States) 2003
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of California Los Angeles - (Los Angeles, California, United States) 1995

selected publications

Academic Articles43

Peng, D., Guo, H., Armitage, A. R., & Pennings, S. C. (2022). Competition and abiotic stress affect the size of mangroves near their geographic range limit. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(1), 129-140.
Kuhn, A. L., Kominoski, J. S., Armitage, A. R., Charles, S. P., Pennings, S. C., Weaver, C. A., & Maddox, T. R. (2021). Buried hurricane legacies: increased nutrient limitation and decreased root biomass in coastal wetlands. Ecosphere. 12(8),

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Glazner, R., Ballard, J., & Armitage, A. R. (2021). Predation refuge values of marsh and mangrove vegetation for the marsh periwinkle Littoraria irrorata. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 672, 153-162.
Goeke, J. A., & Armitage, A. R. (2021). Coastal woody encroachment reduces food quality for basal consumers. Ecosphere. 12(5),
Pennings, S. C., Glazner, R. M., Hughes, Z. J., Kominoski, J. S., & Armitage, A. R. (2021). Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USA.. Ecology. 102(4), e03309.

Books1

armitage, a. R. (2003). Community structure and trophic interactions in restored and natural estuarine mudflats: complex trophic cascades and positive and negative effects of nutrients. University Of California, Los Angeles.

Chapters2

Armitage, A. R. (2014). Coastal Wetland Ecology and Challenges for Environmental Management. Ecology and the Environment. 425-456. Springer New York.

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Armitage, A. R. (2013). Coastal Wetland Ecology and Challenges for Environmental Management. Ecology and the Environment. 1-25. Springer New York.

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Conference Papers6

Sigren, J. M., Figlus, J., Highfield, W., Armitage, A. R., & Feagin, R. A. (2017). Methods Evaluating the Economic Effects of Coastal Dunes in Reducing Storm-Induced Property Damage: Hurricane Ike and Texas Coast Case Study. Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015, Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015. 88-97.
Zhou, X., Armitage, A. R., & Prasad, S. (2016). Mapping mangrove communities in coastal wetlands using airborne hyperspectral data. 2016 8th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), 2016 8th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS). 1-5.
Carver, S. T., Arnold, M. A., Byrne, D. H., Armitage, A. R., Lineberger, R. D., & King, A. R. (2015). Variation in Growth Habit and Propensity to Flower of Oenothera drummondii Hook. from Three Texas Coastal Regions. HORTSCIENCE. 50(9), S26-S26.
Figlus, J., Sigren, J. M., Armitage, A. R., & Tyler, R. C. (2014). EROSION OF VEGETATED COASTAL DUNES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 1(34), 20-20.
Carver, S. T., Arnold, M. A., Byrne, D. H., Armitage, A. R., & King, A. R. (2014). Determining Optimal Rates of Drench Applied Plant Growth Regulators for Container-grown Oenothera drummondii Hook. HORTSCIENCE. 49(9), S56-S56.