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John Kominoski

John Kominoski

FCE Site Role
Principal Investigator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, global change biology, terrestrial-aquatic linkages

FCE Working groups
Abiotic Resources & Stressors, Vegetation, Detritus & Microbes, Hydrologic Connectivity

  • Contact
    • Mailing address:
    • Department of Biological Sciences
    • Florida International University
    • 11200 SW 8th St, OE 167
    • Miami, FL 33199
  • Recent FCE Leveraged Projects
    CESU: Assessing Near-Field and Landscape Scale Ecological Effects of the Modified Water Deliveries and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects in Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park

    Authors: Kominoski, J., E.E. Gaiser, N.J. Dorn
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2026

    Mangrove Resilience to Hurricane Disturbances

    Authors: Castañeda-Moya, E., J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah, T. Troxler
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2025

    RCN-HERS: Research Coordination Network for Hurricane Ecosystem Response Synthesis

    Authors: Patrick, C., J. Kominoski, W.H. McDowell, B.A. Stauffer
    Funding organization: National Science Foundation
    Time period: 01 Jun 2020 - 31 Dec 2024

    Understanding seagrass inputs on the mangrove soil elevation in Biscayne National Park

    Authors: Kominoski, J.
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 23 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2024

    Collaborative Research: Scales and Drivers of Dissolved Organic Carbon across Diverse Urban Watersheds

    Authors: Kominoski, J.
    Funding organization: National Science Foundation
    Time period: 01 May 2021 - 30 Apr 2024

    CESU: Dredging Impacts on Sediment Phosphorus Mineralization at the Northern Boundary of Everglades National Park

    Authors: Kominoski, J.
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 01 Feb 2021 - 31 Jan 2024

    Hurricane Irma effects on Florida Everglades mangroves: Assessment of resilience and trajectories of recovery

    Authors: Castañeda-Moya, E., D. Lagomasino, J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah, T. Troxler
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 16 Apr 2020 - 30 Sep 2023

    SOFL-CESU: Investigate sediment and floc transport of phosphorus at S333 gated structure on the northern boundary of Everglades National Park

    Authors: Kominoski, J.
    Funding organization: Everglades National Park-CESU
    Time period: 01 Apr 2020 - 31 Mar 2023

    Collaborative Research: Scales and drivers of variability in dissolved organic carbon across diverse urban watersheds

    Authors: Hale, R., J. Kominoski, K. Capps, J. Morse, A. Roy, K. Hopkins
    Funding organization: National Science Foundation
    Time period: 01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2023

    CESU: Assessing near-field and landscape scale ecological effects of the Modified Water Deliveries and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects in Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park

    Authors: Gaiser, E., Kominoski, J., J.C. Trexler, L.J. Scinto
    Funding organization: Everglades National Park
    Time period: 01 Oct 2016 - 30 Sep 2022

    Quantifying how variability in hydroperiod and fire mediate plant-soil biogeochemical cycling and productivity in boundary wetlands of Everglades National Park

    Authors: Kominoski, J., E.E. Gaiser, A. Nocentini
    Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
    Time period: 01 Aug 2018 - 01 Aug 2021

    The effects of projected sea-level rise on Everglades coastal ecosystems: Enhancing and continuing experiments to evaluate peat collapse and landscape vulnerability

    Authors: Troxler, T., J. Kominoski, E.E. Gaiser, F.H. Sklar, D.T. Rudnick, S.E. Davis
    Funding organization: Florida Sea Grant, NOAA
    Time period: 01 Feb 2018 - 01 Feb 2021

    The effects of shifting coastal wetland plant communities on the restoration of food webs that support coastal living resources

    Authors: Armitage, A., J. Kominoski, S.C. Pennings
    Funding organization: NOAA, Texas Sea Grant
    Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 01 Jan 2021

    Ecosystem responses to hurricanes synthesis workshop

    Authors: Patrick, C., W.H. McDowell, J. Kominoski
    Funding organization: National Science Foundation
    Time period: 14 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2020

    Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. Subaward from Arizona State University

    Authors: Gaiser, E., J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, K. Grove, R. Roy Chowdhury
    Funding organization: National Science Foundation
    Time period: 01 Jun 2015 - 01 Jun 2020

  • Recent FCE Presentations

    Kominoski, J., E.E. Gaiser, R. Travieso, T. Troxler, and E. Standen. 2024. Changing aquatic carbon and nutrients with hydrologic presses and pulses in coastal wetlands. Association of the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, June 6, 2024.

    Blinn, A., S. Chen, J.C. Rudolph, S. Taylor, A. Quick, K. Capps, R. Hale, and J. Kominoski. 2024. Expanding classification of metabolic regimes in urban streams. Society for Freshwater Science Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 2024 - June 6, 2024.

    Hopkins, K., K. Capps, R. Hale, J. Kominoski, J. Morse, and A. Roy. 2024. Overcoming pervasive challenges in mapping urban hydrography and landscape heterogeneity. Society for Freshwater Science Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 2024 - June 6, 2024.

    Ortiz, L., and J. Kominoski. 2024. Variability in fluorescent dissolved organic matter concentrations across monthly to seasonal time scales in urban waters. Society for Freshwater Science Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 2024 - June 6, 2024.

    Rosemond, A.D., P.M. Bumpers, J. Kominoski, J.P. Benstead, V. Gulis, and J.C. Maerz. 2024. Assessing algal response metrics in forest streams: How much, when, and in what way do benthic algae respond to nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment? . Society for Freshwater Science Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 2024 - June 6, 2024.

    King, J.S., J. Kominoski, R. Travieso, K.J. Anderson, C.J. Choi, and U. Stingl. 2024. Water depth and biogeochemical variables explain spatiotemporal patterns of flocculent organic matter metabolic rates and microbial communities in subtropical freshwater marshes. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

    Montenegro, K., J. Kominoski, E. Castañeda-Moya, K.R.T. Whelan, and M.C. Prats. 2024. Investigating how marine hydrologic connectivity drive differences in aboveground biomass and net primary productivity of coastal mangrove forests, South Florida, USA. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

    Restrepo, V., J. Kominoski, and D. Gann. 2024. Quantifying spatial shifts in phosphorus and vegetation during freshwater restoration in the Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FLORIDA, USA). 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

    Kominoski, J.. 2023. Quantifying interactive drivers of fire and hydrology on wetland biogeochemistry and plant productivity. Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami Seminar, Miami, Florida, November 17, 2023.

    Castañeda-Moya, E., D. Lagomasino, J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, and J.P. Sah. 2023. Effects of Hurricane Irma on mangrove forest structure in the Florida Everglades, USA. Second Mangrove Congress of America, Merida, Mexico, October 10, 2023 - October 24, 2023.

    Kominoski, J.. 2023. Ecosystems and climate change: using context to understand long-term responses to disturbances. Department of Biology, University of Miami Seminar, Miami, Florida, September 18, 2023.

    Castañeda-Moya, E., D. Lagomasino, J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, and J.P. Sah. 2023. Hurricane Irma effects on mangrove forest structure in the Florida Everglades, USA. Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Conference (MMM6), Cartagena, Colombia, July 24, 2023 - July 28, 2023.

    Gaiser, E.E., J. Kominoski, and T. Troxler. 2023. Long term increases in phosphorus pulses in an oligotrophic wetland undergoing restoration. Freshwater Sciences 2023, Brisbane, Australia, June 5, 2023.

    Anderson, K.J., and J. Kominoski. 2023. Shifting sources and fates of carbon with increasing hydrologic presses and pulses in coastal wetlands. Freshwater Sciences 2023, Brisbane, Australia, June 3, 2023 - June 7, 2023.

    Chen, S., K. Capps, K. Hopkins, R. Hale, J. Kominoski, A. Roy, J. Morse, A. Quick, L. Ortiz Munoz, and C. Rizzie. 2023. Urbanization alters the quantity and quality of dissolved organic matter in subtropical river networks in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Freshwater Sciences 2023, Brisbane, Australia, June 3, 2023 - June 7, 2023.

    Ortiz Munoz, L., J. Kominoski, K. Capps, S. Chen, K. Hopkins, R. Hale, J. Morse, A. Quick, C. Rizzie, and A. Roy. 2023. Stormwater infrastructure and seasonal hydrology transform dissolved organic carbon and nutrients in urban coastal waters. Freshwater Sciences 2023, Brisbane, Australia, June 3, 2023 - June 7, 2023.

    Quick, A., A. Roy, R. Hale, K. Capps, K. Hopkins, J. Kominoski, J. Morse, S. Chen, C. Rizzie, and L. Ortiz Munoz. 2023. Spatial and temporal variation in quantity and bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon within a metropolitan area. Freshwater Sciences 2023, Brisbane, Australia, June 3, 2023 - June 7, 2023.

    Montenegro, K., J. Kominoski, K.R.T. Whelan, and M.C. Prats. 2023. Increasing marine hydrologic connectivity influences physical and biogeochemical processes in coastal mangrove soils. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 20, 2023.

    Nocentini, A., J. Redwine, E.E. Gaiser, T. Hill, S. Hoffman, J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah, D. Shinde, and D.D. Surratt. 2023. Rehydration drives landscape-scale shifts in wetland vegetation relative to patch-scale effects of chemistry and fire. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 20, 2023.

    Anderson, K.J., J. Kominoski, A. Nocentini, and S. Hoffman. 2023. Peat and marl dissolved organic matter vary among wetlands with nutrient enrichment and restored hydrology. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 19, 2023.

    Kominoski, J.. 2023. Hurricane Trends: Is it all Doom and Gloom? Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 19, 2023.

    Restrepo, V., E. Castañeda-Moya, J. Kominoski, and E. Solohin. 2023. Quantifying post-hurricane regeneration of mangrove species along phosphorus fertility gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 19, 2023.

    Richey, A., J. Kominoski, S. Oberbauer, P.C. Olivas, and S.L. Malone. 2023. Hydrologic effects on net ecosystem exchange of CO2 in the Southeastern Saline Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 19, 2023.

    Gaiser, E.E., J. Kominoski, and T. Troxler. 2023. Long term dynamics of phosphorus pulses and their legacies in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 18, 2023.

    Anderson, K.J., J. Kominoski, and M.A. Smith. 2023. Shifting sources and fates of carbon with increasing hydrologic presses and pulses in coastal wetlands. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.

    King, J.S., J. Kominoski, and J. Pope. 2023. Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of flocculent organic matter biogeochemistry and metabolic reactivity in short- and long-hydroperiod Everglades marshes. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.

    Montenegro, K., J. Kominoski, K.R.T. Whelan, and M.C. Prats. 2023. Increasing marine hydrologic connectivity influences physical and biogeochemical processes in coastal mangrove soils. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.

    Restrepo, V., E. Castañeda-Moya, and J. Kominoski. 2023. Quantifying post-hurricane regeneration of mangrove species along phosphorus fertility gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.

    Richey, A., J. Kominoski, P.C. Olivas, and S.L. Malone. 2023. Water level and surface salinity trends and relationships in the Everglades freshwater-saline ecotone. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.