Faculty Profile
Anna Armitage
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
Research Division: Ecology and Evolution (Joint/Adjunct)
Contact:armitaga@tamug.edu - (409) 740-4842
Education: Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles
I study coastal and wetlands community ecology in salt marshes, tidal mudflats, and seagrass beds. My research focuses on changes in trophic structure following habitat restoration, nutrient enrichment, and other human disturbances. I have quantified trophic responses to enrichment or habitat restoration through direct measures of fitness, predation rates, and herbivory pressure, and am currently using stable isotopic signatures to evaluate food web structure.
- Armitage, AR, SM Jensen, JE Yoon, and RF Ambrose. 2007. Wintering shorebird assemblages and behavior in restored tidal wetlands in southern California. Rest Ecol 15: 139-148
- Armitage, AR, KE Boyer, RR Vance, and RF Ambrose. 2006. Restoring assemblages of salt marsh halophytes in the presence of a rapidly colonizing dominant species. Wetlands 26: 667-676
- Armitage, AR and P Fong. 2006. Predation and physical disturbance by crabs reduce the relative impacts of nutrients in a tidal mudflat. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 313: 205-213
- Armitage, AR and JW Fourqurean. 2006. The short-term influence of herbivory near patch reefs varies between seagrass species. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 339: 65-74
- Armitage, AR, TA Frankovich, and JW Fourqurean. 2006. Variable responses within epiphytic and benthic microalgal communities to nutrient enrichment. Hydrobiol 569: 423-435
- Gil, M., A.R. Armitage, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2006. Nutrients increase epifaunal abundance and shift species composition in subtropical seagrass beds. Hydrobiol 569: 437-447
- Armitage, AR, TA Frankovich, KL Heck, Jr., and JW Fourqurean. 2005. Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay. Estuaries 28: 422-434
- Armitage, AR and P Fong. 2004. Gastropod colonization of a created coastal wetland: potential influences of habitat suitability and dispersal ability. Rest Ecol 12: 391-400
- Armitage, AR and P Fong. 2004. Upward cascading effects of nutrients: shifts in a benthic microalgal community and a negative herbivore response. Oecologia 139: 560-567
- Boyer, KE, P Fong, AR Armitage, and RA Cohen. 2004. Elevated nutrient content of tropical macroalgae increases rates of herbivory in coral, seagrass, and mangrove habitats. Coral Reefs 23:530-538