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50
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12757
World Ranking
3766
National Ranking
415

Overview

Patrick D. Armitage is affiliated with the Freshwater Biological Association in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to subfields such as ecology, nature and landscape conservation, soil science, and intersections with health professions and philosophy.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hermeneutics and narrative identity
  • Aging, elder care, and social issues

Recent publications include:

  • Seasonal variability of lotic macroinvertebrate communities at the habitat scale demonstrates the value of discriminating fine sediment fractions in ecological assessments, 2023, Ecology and Evolution
  • Context specific effects of substrate composition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in temperate lowland streams, 2024, Ecology and Evolution
  • Faunal community change in the sediment impacted Bovington Stream and the River Frome (Dorset, UK) between 1998 and 2016, 2020, SN Applied Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kate L. Mathers
  • Matthew J. Hill
  • Morwenna Mckenzie
  • Isabel Pardo
  • Paul J. Wood

Key publication venues for Patrick D. Armitage's work include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • SN Applied Sciences

In addition to journal articles, Patrick D. Armitage has contributed to book publications. Notably, they authored a work published by UNESCO titled A survey of aquatic invertebrates of the Somerset Levels, August 13-14, 1981 in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Biological Effects of Fine Sediment in the Lotic Environment

    Paul J. Wood;Patrick D. Armitage

  • The Chironomidae: the biology and ecology of non-biting midges.

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  • A preliminary classification of running‐water sites in Great Britain based on macro‐invertebrate species and the prediction of community type using environmental data

    J. F Wright;D. Moss;P. D. Armitage;M. T. Furse

  • THE IMPACT OF FINE SEDIMENT ON MACRO-INVERTEBRATES

    J. I. Jones;J. F. Murphy;A. L. Collins;A. L. Collins;D. A. Sear

  • The prediction of the macro‐invertebrate fauna of unpolluted running‐water sites in Great Britain using environmental data

    D. Moss;M. T. Furse;J. F. Wright;P. D. Armitage

  • The influence of seasonal and taxonomic factors on the ordination and classification of running‐water sites in Great Britain and on the prediction of their macro‐invertebrate communities

    M. T. Furse;D. Moss;J. F. Wright;P. D. Armitage

  • Groundwater dominated rivers

    D. A. Sear;P. D. Armitage;F. H. Dawson

  • Comparison of the uptake of inorganic phosphorus to a suspended and stream bed-sediment

    W.A. House;F.H. Denison;P.D. Armitage

  • Species assemblages as descriptors of mesohabitats

    Isabel Pardo;Patrick D. Armitage

  • Sediment deposition in a small lowland stream—management implications

    P.J. Wood;P.D. Armitage

  • An appraisal of pond-net samples for biological monitoring of lotic macro-invertebrates.

    M.T. Furse;J.F. Wright;P.D. Armitage;D. Moss

  • Prediction of invertebrate communities using stream measurements

    J. F. Wright;P. D. Armitage;M. T. Furse;D. Moss

  • Behaviour and ecology of adults

    P. D. Armitage

  • Temporal constancy of faunal assemblages in 'mesohabitats' ― application to management?

    Patrick D. Armitage;Isabel Pardo;Adrian Brown

  • A survey of stream invertebrates in the Cow Green basin (Upper Teesdale) before inundation

    P. D. Armitage;Angela M. Machale;Diane C. Crisp

  • The use of prediction to assess macroinvertebrate response to river regulation

    P. D. Armitage;R. J. M. Gunn;M. T. Furse;J. F. Wright

  • Ditch communities: a major contributor to floodplain biodiversity

    Patrick D. Armitage;Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz;John H. Blackburn;Ian Nesbitt

  • Downstream changes in the composition, numbers and biomass of bottom fauna in the Tees below Cow Green Reservoir and in an unregulated tributary Maize Beck, in the first five years after impoundment

    Patrick D. Armitage

  • Long-term changes in macroinvertebrate communities of a heavy metal polluted stream : The river nent (Cumbria, UK) after 28 years

    Patrick D. Armitage;Michael J. Bowes;Helen M. Vincent

  • The response of perennial and temporary headwater stream invertebrate communities to hydrological extremes

    Rachel Stubbington;Adam M. Greenwood;Paul J. Wood;Patrick D. Armitage

  • A quantitative study of the invertebrate fauna of the River Tees below Cow Green Reservoir

    Patrick D. Armitage

  • Disturbance frequency influences patch dynamics in stream benthic algal communities

    Mark E. Ledger;Rebecca M. L. Harris;Patrick D. Armitage;Alexander M. Milner

  • Impact assessment of regulation at the reach level using macroinvertebrate information from mesohabitats

    Patrick D. Armitage;Isabel Pardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Wood
Paul J. Wood Loughborough University
Geoffrey E. Petts
Geoffrey E. Petts University of Westminster
Alexander M. Milner
Alexander M. Milner University of Birmingham
Mark E. Ledger
Mark E. Ledger University of Birmingham
Angela M. Gurnell
Angela M. Gurnell Queen Mary University of London
Michael J. Bowes
Michael J. Bowes Natural Environment Research Council
Jim T. Smith
Jim T. Smith University of Portsmouth
David Sear
David Sear University of Southampton
Adrian L. Collins
Adrian L. Collins Rothamsted Research
Björn Malmqvist
Björn Malmqvist Umeå University

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