Patrick D. Armitage

7.8k citations

112 papers · 6.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Ecology top 0.2%
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Papers in ⓘ

Nature and Landscape Conservation 62
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 62
Ecology 99
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 74
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 44
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 34

Co-authors: Peter S. Cranston (4 shared papers)L. C. V. Pinder (3 shared papers)M.T. Furse (12 shared papers)J F Wright (11 shared papers)D. Moss (10 shared papers)Athol McLachlan (1 shared paper)Isabel Pardo (5 shared papers)David Sear (3 shared papers)
Journals: Freshwater Biology (12 papers)Hydrobiologia (10 papers)Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (7 papers)River Research and Applications (5 papers)Hydrological Processes (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Spain Australia

In The Last Decade

Patrick D. Armitage

110 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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THE IMPACT OF FINE SEDIMENT ON MACRO‐INVERTEBRATES 2011 · 375 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 River Research and Applications
1995 Journal of Animal Ecology

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1	The Chironomidae. The Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges Journal of Animal Ecology ·Athol McLachlan, Patrick D. Armitage, Peter S. Cranston, L. C. V. Pinder Hit paper breakdown →	1995	1027
2	A preliminary classification of running‐water sites in Great Britain based on macro‐invertebrate species and the prediction of community type using environmental data Freshwater Biology ·J F Wright, D. Moss, Patrick D. Armitage, M.T. Furse	1984	455
3	THE IMPACT OF FINE SEDIMENT ON MACRO‐INVERTEBRATES River Research and Applications ·J. Iwan Jones, John F. Murphy, Adrian L. Collins, David Sear, P.S. Naden, Patrick D. Armitage Hit paper breakdown →	2011	375
4	The Chironomidae Patrick D. Armitage, Peter S. Cranston, L. C. V. Pinder	1995	352
5	The prediction of the macro‐invertebrate fauna of unpolluted running‐water sites in Great Britain using environmental data Freshwater Biology ·D. Moss, M.T. Furse, J F Wright, Patrick D. Armitage	1987	277
6	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 Freshwater Biology ·M.T. Furse, D. Moss, J F Wright, Patrick D. Armitage	1984	204
7	Groundwater dominated rivers Hydrological Processes ·David Sear, Patrick D. Armitage, F.H. Dawson	1999	164
8	Comparison of the uptake of inorganic phosphorus to a suspended and stream bed-sediment Water Research ·W. A. House, Frank H. Denison, Patrick D. Armitage	1995	156
9	Sediment deposition in a small lowland stream—management implications Regulated Rivers Research & Management ·Paul J. Wood, Patrick D. Armitage	1999	130
10	Species assemblages as descriptors of mesohabitats Hydrobiologia ·Isabel Pardo, Patrick D. Armitage	1997	129
11	Temporal constancy of faunal assemblages in 'mesohabitats' - Application to management? Archiv für Hydrobiologie ·Patrick D. Armitage, Isabel Pardo, Andrew S. Brown	1995	97
12	The response of perennial and temporary headwater stream invertebrate communities to hydrological extremes Hydrobiologia ·Rachel Stubbington, Adam M. Greenwood, Paul J. Wood, Patrick D. Armitage, John Gunn, Anne L. Robertson	2009	95
13	Prediction of invertebrate communities using stream measurements Regulated Rivers Research & Management ·J F Wright, Patrick D. Armitage, M.T. Furse, D. Moss	1989	95
14	Long‐term changes in macroinvertebrate communities of a heavy metal polluted stream: the river Nent (Cumbria, UK) after 28 years River Research and Applications ·Patrick D. Armitage, Michael J. Bowes, Helen Vincent	2007	92
15	An appraisal of pond-net samples for biological monitoring of lotic macro-invertebrates Water Research ·M.T. Furse, J F Wright, Patrick D. Armitage, D. Moss	1981	91
16	Ditch communities: a major contributor to floodplain biodiversity Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·Patrick D. Armitage, Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz, J.H. Blackburn, I. Nesbitt	2002	86
17	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 Hydrobiologia ·Patrick D. Armitage	1978	84
18	The use of prediction to assess macroinvertebrate response to river regulation Hydrobiologia ·Patrick D. Armitage, R.J.M. Gunn, M.T. Furse, J F Wright, D. Moss	1987	83
19	Impact assessment of regulation at the reach level using macroinvertebrate information from mesohabitats Regulated Rivers Research & Management ·Patrick D. Armitage, Isabel Pardo	1995	80
20	A quantitative study of the invertebrate fauna of the River Tees below Cow Green Reservoir Freshwater Biology ·Patrick D. Armitage	1976	79

About Patrick D. Armitage

Patrick D. Armitage is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Ecological Modeling, having authored 112 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (74 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (62 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (44 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (34 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (12 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (10 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.9k citations), Ecology (4.8k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.2k citations), Water Science and Technology (1.2k citations) and Ecological Modeling (273 citations). Patrick D. Armitage has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Peter S. Cranston, L. C. V. Pinder, M.T. Furse, J F Wright, D. Moss, Athol McLachlan, Isabel Pardo, David Sear, W. A. House and Paul J. Wood. Their work appears in journals such as Freshwater Biology, Hydrobiologia, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, River Research and Applications and Hydrological Processes.

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