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• Goeke, J.A., T.W. Boutton, A.R. Armitage. 2024. Foundation species shift causes a partial loss of functional support for benthic coastal consumers. Estuaries and Coasts 47: 1637-1649, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01389-w
• Kaalstad, S., M.J. Osland, D.J. Devlin, C.E. Proffitt, L.C. Feher, A.R. Armitage, R.H. Day, et al. 2024. Temperature thresholds for leaf damage from two extreme freeze events (2018 and 2021) near the northern range limit of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in southeastern North America. Estuaries and Coasts 47: 292-300, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01279-7
• Martinez, M., M.J. Osland, J.B. Grace, N.M. Enwright, ... A.R. Armitage, et al. 2024. Integrating remote sensing with ground-based observations to quantify the effects of an extreme freeze event on black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the landscape scale. Ecosystems 27: 45-60, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00871-z
• Bardou, R., M.J. Osland, S. Scyphers, ... A.R. Armitage, et al. 2023. Rapidly changing range limits in a warming world: critical data limitations and knowledge gaps for advancing understanding of mangrove range dynamics in the southeastern United States. Estuaries and Coasts 46: 1123-1140, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01209-7
• Goeke, J.A., E.M. Foster, A.R. Armitage. 2023. Negative outcomes of novel trophic interactions along mangrove range edges. Ecology 104: e4051, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4051
• Hockaday, A.C., A.R. Armitage, S.C. Pennings. 2023. Insights from observations and manipulative experiments into competition between mangroves and salt marsh vegetation. Estuaries and Coasts 46: 417-430, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01162-x
• Kominoski, J.S., C.A. Weaver, A.R. Armitage, S.C. Pennings. 2022. Coastal carbon processing rates increase with mangrove cover following a hurricane in Texas, USA. Ecosphere 13(3): e4007, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4007
• Osland, M.J., A.R. Hughes, A.R. Armitage, S.B. Scyphers, et al. 2022. The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging research needs. Global Change Biology 28(10): 3163-3187, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16111
• Patrick, C.J., J.S. Kominoski, W.H. McDowell, ... A.R. Armitage, et al. 2022. A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones. Science Advances 8: eabl9155, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9155
• Peng, D. H. Guo, A.R. Armitage, S.C. Pennings. 2022. Competition and abiotic stress affect the size of mangroves near their geographic range limit. Journal of Plant Ecology 15: 129-140, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtab079
• Peng, D., D. Montelongo, L. Wu, A.R. Armitage, J.S. Kominoski, S.C. Pennings. 2022. A hurricane alters the relationship between mangrove cover and marine subsidies. Ecology 103: 33662, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3662
• Armitage, A.R., C.A. Weaver, A.A. Whitt, S.C. Pennings. 2021. Effects of mangrove encroachment on tidal wetland plant, nekton, and bird communities in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 248: 106767, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106767
• Glazner, R., J. Ballard, A.R. Armitage. 2021. Marsh and mangrove vegetation provide different prey refuge values for the marsh periwinkle Littoraria irrorata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 672: 153-162, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13785
• Goeke, J.A., A.R. Armitage. 2021. Coastal woody encroachment reduces food quality for basal consumers. Ecosphere 12(5): e03511, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3511
• Kuhn, A.L., J.S. Kominoski, A.R. Armitage, S.P. Charles, S.C. Pennings, C.A. Weaver, T.R. Maddox. 2021. Buried hurricane legacies: elevated sulfide and decreased root biomass in coastal wetlands. Ecosphere 12(8): e03674, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3674
• Pennings, S.C., R.M. Glazner, Z.J. Hughes, J.S. Kominoski, A.R. Armitage. 2021. Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USA. Ecology 102(4): e03309, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3309
• Armitage, A.R., C.A. Weaver, J.S. Kominoski, and S.C. Pennings. 2020. Resistance to hurricane effects varies among wetland vegetation types in the marsh-mangrove ecotone. Estuaries and Coasts, 43 (5): 960-970, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00577-3
• Charles, S.P., J.S. Kominoski, A.R. Armitage, H. Guo, C.A. Weaver, and S.C. Pennings. 2020. Quantifying how changing mangrove cover affects ecosystem carbon storage in coastal wetlands. Ecology 101(2): e02916, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2916
• Glazner, R., J. Blennau, A.R. Armitage. 2020. Mangroves alter predator-prey interactions by enhancing prey refuge value in a mangrove-marsh ecotone. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 526: 151336, doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151336
• Hogan, J.A., R.A. Feagin, G. Starr,... A.R. Armitage,... S.C. Pennings, ...J.S. Kominoski, C.J. Patrick, et al. 2020. A research framework to investigate cross-ecosystem responses to tropical cyclones. BioScience, biaa034, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa034
• Osland, M.J., R.H. Day, C.T. Hall, L.C. Feher, A.R. Armitage, J. Cebrian, K.H. Dunton, A.R. Hughes, D.A. Kaplan, A.K. Langston, A. Macy, C.A. Weaver, G.H. Anderson, K. Cummins, I.C. Feller, C.M. Snyder. 2020. Temperature thresholds for black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) freeze damage, mortality, and recovery in North America: refining tipping points for range expansion in a warming climate. Journal of Ecology 108: 654-665, doi:10.1111/1365‐2745.13285
• Patrick, C.J., L. Yeager, A.R. Armitage, F. Carvallo, V.M. Congdon, K. Dunton, M. Fisher, A.K. Hardison, J.D. Hogan, J. Hosen, X. Hu, B. Kiel Reese, S. Kinard, J.S. Kominoski, X. Lin, Z. Liu, P.A. Montagna, S.C. Pennings, L. Walker, C.A. Weaver, M. Wetz. 2020. A system level analysis of coastal ecosystem responses to hurricane impacts. Estuaries and Coasts 43 (5): 943-959, doi:10.1007/s12237-019-00690-3
• Weaver, C.A. and A.R. Armitage. 2020. Above- and belowground responses to nutrient enrichment within a marsh-mangrove ecotone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 243: 106884, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106884
• Weaver, C.A. and A.R. Armitage. 2018. Nutrient enrichment shifts mangrove height distribution: implications for coastal woody encroachment. PLoS ONE 13(3): e0193617, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193617
• Guo, H., C.A. Weaver, S. Charles, A. Whitt, S. Dastidar, P. D'Odorico, J. Fuentes, J. Kominoski, A.R. Armitage, S.C. Pennings. 2017. Coastal regime shifts: rapid responses of coastal wetlands to changes in mangrove cover. Ecology 98: 762-772, doi: 10.1002/ecy.1698
• Armitage, A.R., W.E. Highfield, S.D. Brody, P. Louchouarn. 2015. The contribution of mangrove expansion to salt marsh loss on the Texas Gulf coast. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125404, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125404
• Madrid, E.N., A.R. Armitage, J. López-Portillo. 2014. Avicennia germinans (black mangrove) vessel architecture is linked to chilling and salinity tolerance in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Plant Science: 5:503, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00503
• Guo, H., Y. Zhang, Z. Lan and S. C. Pennings. 2013. Biotic interactions mediate the expansion of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) into salt marshes under climate change. Global Change Biology 19:2765-2774, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12221

Media releases

• Soggy coastal soils? Here’s why ecologists love them - Science News for Students - 2020
• Mangroves: A Coastal Savior? - University of Houston - 2019
• An Ecological Mystery: Black Mangroves - Texas A&M University at Galveston - 2018
• Research Grants On Fast Track After Harvey - Houston Public Media - 2017
• Forests between the Tides: Conserving Earth's vanishing mangrove ecosystems - BioScience - 2015
• March of the Mangroves: Studying the effects of mangrove expansion on coastal wildlife - Texas Shores - 2014
• Advancing Mangroves - Science and the Sea podcast - 2014
• Mangroves push north, crowd habitat for whooping cranes - Houston Chronicle - 2012
• What are the mangrove trees telling us about the Texas coast? - KUHF - 2012