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.
- 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
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),
- 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.
- Armitage, A. R. (2013). Coastal Wetland Ecology and Challenges for Environmental Management. Ecology and the Environment. 1-25. Springer New York.
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.
Principal Investigator1
- ESSM685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ESSM685 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
- ESSM685 Directed Studies:in-ab Instructor
- ESSM691 Research: Galveston Instructor
- ESSM691 Research: Galveston Instructor
- Glazner, Rachael Marie (2020-06). Effects of Vegetation Type on Predation Success: Implications of Mangrove Expansion. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Glazner, Rachael Marie (2020-08). Effects of Vegetation Type on Predation Success: Implications of Mangrove Expansion. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Sigren, Jacob Marshall (2017-08). Coastal Dunes and Dune Vegetation: Interdisciplinary Research on Storm Protection, Erosion, and Ecosystem Restoration. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Whitt, Ashley Anne (2016-08). Utilizing Citizen Science to Assess Bird Community Composition Within a Changing Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone in Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- Weaver, Carolyn Ann (2016-05). Nutrient Enrichment Effects within the Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone: Implications for Mangrove Encroachment. (Doctoral Dissertation)