Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Personnel Profiles

Evelyn Gaiser

FCE Site Role
Principal Investigator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Aquatic community ecology, algal biology, wetland ecology, diatom taxonomy and paleoecology. I am especially interested in studies that examine variation in algal community structure in lakes and wetlands over long temporal and broad spatial scales.

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

Contact
- Mailing address:
- Department of Biological Sciences and SERC
- Florida International University
- 11200 SW 8th St, OE 167
- Miami, FL 33199
- Email: gaisere@fiu.edu

FCE Publications (106)
Books
Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser, and L.A. Ogden. 2019. The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.
Book Chapters
Gaiser, E.E.. 2024. Using diatoms to guide successful ecological restoration, pp. 1-39 in Maidana, N.I., M. Licursi and E. Morales (eds.) Diatom Ecology: Molecule to Metacommunities. John Wiley & Sons : Hoboken, New Jersey.

Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser, and L.A. Ogden. 2019. Chapter 1, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.

Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser, and L.A. Ogden. 2019. Preface, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.

Davis, S.E., E. Castañeda-Moya, R. Boucek, R.M. Chambers, L. Collado-Vides, H.C. Fitz, J.D. Fuentes, E.E. Gaiser, M.R. Heithaus, J.S. Rehage, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, J.P. Sah, F.H. Sklar, and T. Troxler. 2019. Chapter 7: Exogenous Drivers - What has Disturbance Taught Us?, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.

Gaiser, E.E., L.A. Ogden, D.L. Childers, and C. Hopkinson. 2019. Chapter 9: Re-Imagining Ecology through an Everglades Lens, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.

Ogden, L.A., J.C. Trexler, D.L. Childers, E.E. Gaiser, and K.Z.S. Schwartz. 2019. Chapter 2: The Everglades as Icon, in Childers, D.L., E.E. Gaiser and L.A. Ogden (eds.) The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape. Oxford University Press : New York, New York.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2016. The Benefits of Long-Term Environmental Research, Friendships, and Boiled Peanuts, pp. 177-184 in Willig, M.R. and L.R. Walker (eds.) Long-Term Ecological Research: Changing the Nature of Scientists. Oxford University Press.

Gaiser, E.E., A.D. Gottlieb, S.S. Lee, and J.C. Trexler. 2015. The Importance of Species-Based Microbial Assessment of Water Quality in Freshwater Everglades Wetlands, pp. 115-130 in Entry, J., K. Jayachandran, A.D. Gottlieb and A. Ogram (eds.) Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. CRC Press : Boca Raton, Florida.

Gann, D., J.H. Richards, S.S. Lee, and E.E. Gaiser. 2015. Detecting Calcareous Periphyton Mats in the Greater Everglades Using Passive Remote Sensing Methods, pp. 350-374 in Entry, J., K. Jayachandran, A.D. Gottlieb and A. Ogram (eds.) Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. CRC Press : Boca Raton, Florida.

Gottlieb, A.D., E.E. Gaiser, and S.E. Hagerthey. 2015. Changes in Hydrology, Nutrient Loading and Conductivity in the Florida Everglades, and Concurrent Effects on Periphyton Community Structure and Function, pp. 131-154 in Entry, J., K. Jayachandran, A.D. Gottlieb and A. Ogram (eds.) Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. CRC Press : Boca Raton, Florida.

Trexler, J.C., E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, and J.L. Sanchez. 2015. The Role of Periphyton Mats in Consumer Community Structure and Function in Calcareous Wetlands: Lessons from the Everglades, pp. 155-179 in Entry, J., K. Jayachandran, A.D. Gottlieb and A. Ogram (eds.) Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. CRC Press : Boca Raton, Florida.

Gaiser, E.E., J.C. Trexler, and P. Wetzel. 2012. The Florida Everglades, pp. 231-252 in Batzer, D. and A. Baldwin (eds.) Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns. University of California Press : Berkeley.

Cooper, S., E.E. Gaiser, and A. Wachnicka. 2010. Estuarine paleoecological reconstructions using diatoms, pp. 324-345 in Smol, J.P. and E.F. Stoermer (eds.) The Diatoms: Applications in Environmental and Earth Sciences. Cambridge University Press : New York.

Gaiser, E.E., and K. Ruhland. 2010. Diatoms as Indicators of Environmental Change in Wetlands and Peatlands, pp. 473-496 in Smol, J.P. and E.F. Stoermer (eds.) The Diatoms: Applications in Environmental and Earth Sciences. Cambridge University Press : Cambridge.

Hall, R.O., S.E. Thomas, and E.E. Gaiser. 2007. Measuring primary production in freshwater ecosystems, pp. 175-203 in Fahey, T.J. and A.K. Knapp (eds.) Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production in Long-Term Ecological Studies. Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Julian, P., J.W. Fourqurean, S.E. Davis, D.D. Surratt, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, J.N. Boyer, S.E. Thomas, H.O. Briceno, C.J. Madden, E. Montes, and C.R. Kelble. 2024. Long-term patterns and trends in water column biogeochemistry in a changing environment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 306: 108896.

Nocentini, A., J. Redwine, E.E. Gaiser, T. Hill, S. Hoffman, J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah, D. Shinde, and D.D. Surratt. 2024. Rehydration of degraded wetlands: Understanding drivers of vegetation community trajectories. Ecosphere 15: e4813.

Zhao, J., S. Chakrabarti, R.M. Chambers, P. Weisenhorn, R. Travieso, S. Stumpf, E. Standen, H.O. Briceno, T. Troxler, E.E. Gaiser, B. Dhillon, J. Kominoski, and W. Martens-Habbena. 2023. Year-around survey and manipulation experiments reveal differential sensitivities of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities to saltwater intrusion in Florida Everglades wetlands. Science of The Total Environment 858: 159865.

Gaiser, E.E., J. Kominoski, D. McKnight, C.A. Bahlai, C. Cheng, S. Record, W.M. Wollheim, K.R. Christianson, M.R. Downs, P.A. Hawman, S.J. Holbrook, A. Kumar, D.R. Mishra, N.P. Molotch, R.B. Primack, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Schmitt, and L.A. Sutter. 2022. Long-term ecological research and the COVID-19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance. Ecosphere 13: e4019.

Laas, P., K. Ugarelli, R. Travieso, S. Stumpf, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, and U. Stingl. 2022. Water column microbial communities vary along salinity gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades wetlands. Microorganisms 10: 215.

Sullivan, K.L., E.E. Gaiser, and H. Swain. 2022. Dissolved organic carbon as a driver of seasonal and multiyear phytoplankton assembly oscillations in a subtropical monomictic lake. Limnology and Oceanography 67: S416-S429.

Zhao, X., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, L. Farfan, H.O. Briceno, E. Castañeda-Moya, R. Travieso, and E.E. Gaiser. 2021. Tropical cyclones cumulatively control regional carbon fluxes in Everglades mangrove wetlands (Florida, USA). Scientific Reports 11: 13927.

Castañeda-Moya, E., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R.M. Chambers, X. Zhao, L. Lamb-Wotton, A. Gorsky, E.E. Gaiser, T. Troxler, J. Kominoski, and M. Hiatt. 2020. Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117: 4831-4841.

Dessu, S.B., R.M. Price, J. Kominoski, S.E. Davis, A. Wymore, W.H. McDowell, and E.E. Gaiser. 2020. Percentile-Range Indexed Mapping and Evaluation (PRIME): A new tool for long-term data discovery and application. Environmental Modelling & Software 124: 104580.

Gaiser, E.E., D.M. Bell, M.C.N. Castorani, D.L. Childers, P.M. Groffman, R.C. Jackson, J. Kominoski, D.P.C. Peters, S.T.A. Pickett, J. Ripplinger, and J.C. Zinnert. 2020. Long term ecological research and evolving frameworks of disturbance ecology. BioScience 70: 141-156.

Kominoski, J., E.E. Gaiser, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.E. Davis, S.B. Dessu, P. Julian, D.Y. Lee, L. Marazzi, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, A. Sola, U. Stingl, S. Stumpf, D.D. Surratt, R. Travieso, and T. Troxler. 2020. Disturbance legacies increase and synchronize nutrient concentrations and bacterial productivity in coastal ecosystems. Ecology 101: e02988.

Mazzei, V., B.J. Wilson, S. Servais, S.P. Charles, J. Kominoski, and E.E. Gaiser. 2020. Periphyton as an indicator of saltwater intrusion into freshwater wetlands: insights from experimental manipulations. Ecological Applications DOI: 10.1002/eap.2067.

Sarker, S., J. Kominoski, E.E. Gaiser, L. Scinto, and D.T. Rudnick. 2020. Quantifying effects of increased hydroperiod on wetland nutrient concentrations during early phases of freshwater restoration of the Florida Everglades. Restoration Ecology 28: 1561-1573.

Servais, S., J. Kominoski, C. Coronado-Molina, L. Bauman, S.E. Davis, E.E. Gaiser, S.P. Kelly, C.J. Madden, V. Mazzei, D.T. Rudnick, F. Santamaria, F.H. Sklar, J. Stachelek, T. Troxler, and B.J. Wilson. 2020. Effects of saltwater pulses on soil microbial enzymes and organic matter breakdown in freshwater and brackish coastal wetlands. Estuaries and Coasts 43: 814–830.

Charles, S.P., J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, E.E. Gaiser, S. Servais, B.J. Wilson, S.E. Davis, F.H. Sklar, C. Coronado-Molina, C.J. Madden, S.P. Kelly, and D.T. Rudnick. 2019. Experimental saltwater intrusion drives rapid soil elevation and carbon loss in freshwater and brackish Everglades marshes. Estuaries and Coasts 42: 1868-1881.

Marazzi, L., E.E. Gaiser, M.B. Eppinga, J.P. Sah, L. Zhai, E. Castañeda-Moya, and C. Angelini. 2019. Why do we need to document and conserve foundation species in freshwater wetlands? Water 11: 265.

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., T. Danielson, E. Castañeda-Moya, B.D. Marx, R. Travieso, X. Zhao, E.E. Gaiser, and L. Farfan. 2019. Long-term demography and stem productivity of Everglades mangrove forests (Florida, USA): Resistance to hurricane disturbance. Forest Ecology and Management 440: 79-91.

Servais, S., J. Kominoski, S.E. Davis, E.E. Gaiser, J.C. Pachon, and T. Troxler. 2019. Effects of nutrient-limitation on disturbance recovery in experimental mangrove wetlands. Wetlands 39: 337-347.

Servais, S., J. Kominoski, S.P. Charles, E.E. Gaiser, V. Mazzei, T. Troxler, and B.J. Wilson. 2019. Saltwater intrusion and soil carbon loss: Testing effects of salinity and phosphorus loading on microbial functions in experimental freshwater wetlands. Geoderma 337: 1291-1300.

Wilson, B.J., S. Servais, S.P. Charles, V. Mazzei, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, J.H. Richards, and T. Troxler. 2019. Phosphorus alleviation of salinity stress: effects of saltwater intrusion on an Everglades freshwater peat marsh. Ecology 100: e02672.

Davis, S.E., R. Boucek, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.B. Dessu, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah, D.D. Surratt, and T. Troxler. 2018. Episodic disturbances drive nutrient dynamics along freshwater-to-estuary gradients in a subtropical wetland. Ecosphere 9: e02296.

Kominoski, J., E.E. Gaiser, and S.G. Baer. 2018. Advancing theories of ecosystem development through long-term ecological research. BioScience 68: 554-562.

Marazzi, L., and E.E. Gaiser. 2018. Long-term changes in spatially structured benthic diatom assemblages in a major subtropical wetland under restoration. Inland Waters 8: 434-448.

Marazzi, L., C.M. Finlayson, P.A. Gell, P. Julian, J. Kominoski, and E.E. Gaiser. 2018. Balancing wetland restoration benefits to people and nature. The Solutions Journal 9.

Mazzei, V., and E.E. Gaiser. 2018. Diatoms as tools for inferring ecotone boundaries in a coastal freshwater wetland threatened by saltwater intrusion. Ecological Indicators 88: 190-204.

Mazzei, V., E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, B.J. Wilson, S. Servais, L. Bauman, S.E. Davis, S.P. Kelly, F.H. Sklar, D.T. Rudnick, J. Stachelek, and T. Troxler. 2018. Functional and compositional responses of periphyton mats to simulated saltwater intrusion in the southern Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 41: 2105-2119.

Sola, A., L. Marazzi, M.M. Flores, J. Kominoski, and E.E. Gaiser. 2018. Short-term effects of drying-rewetting and long-term effects of nutrient loading on periphyton N:P stoichiometry. Water 10: 105.

Wilson, B.J., S. Servais, A.D. Gottlieb, J. Kominoski, M. Hu, S.E. Davis, E.E. Gaiser, F.H. Sklar, L. Bauman, S.P. Kelly, C.J. Madden, J.H. Richards, D.T. Rudnick, J. Stachelek, and T. Troxler. 2018. Salinity pulses interact with seasonal dry-down to increase ecosystem carbon loss in marshes of the Florida Everglades. Ecological Applications 28: 2092-2108.

Wilson, B.J., S. Servais, S.P. Charles, S.E. Davis, E.E. Gaiser, J. Kominoski, J.H. Richards, and T. Troxler. 2018. Declines in plant productivity drive carbon loss from brackish coastal wetland mesocosms exposed to saltwater intrusion. Estuaries and Coasts 41: 2147-2158.

Danielson, T., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castañeda-Moya, H.O. Briceno, R. Travieso, B.D. Marx, E.E. Gaiser, and L. Farfan. 2017. Assessment of Everglades mangrove forest resilience: Implications for above-ground net primary productivity and carbon dynamics. Forest Ecology and Management 404: 115-125.

Marazzi, L., E.E. Gaiser, and F. Tobias. 2017. Phosphorus scarcity and desiccation stress increase the occurrence of dominant taxa in wetland benthic primary producer communities. Aquatic Ecology 51: 571-589.

Marazzi, L., E.E. Gaiser, V.J. Jones, F. Tobias, and A.W. Mackay. 2017. Algal richness and life-history strategies are influenced by hydrology and phosphorus in two major subtropical wetlands. Freshwater Biology 62: 274-290.

Mazzei, V., and E.E. Gaiser. 2017. Scale and spatial consistency of specialization in an endemic and abundant freshwater diatom from the Caribbean Basin. Freshwater Science 36: 542-554.

Naja, M., D.L. Childers, and E.E. Gaiser. 2017. Water quality implications of hydrologic restoration alternatives in the Florida Everglades, United States. Restoration Ecology 25: S48-S58.

Vanderbilt, K., and E.E. Gaiser. 2017. The International Long Term Ecological Research Network: a platform for collaboration. Ecosphere 8: e01697.

Boucek, R., E.E. Gaiser, H. Liu, and J.S. Rehage. 2016. A review of sub-tropical community resistance and resilience to extreme cold spells. Ecosphere 7: e01455.

Malone, S.L., J.G. Barr, J.D. Fuentes, S. Oberbauer, E.E. Gaiser, and G. Starr. 2016. Sensitivity to low-temperature events: Implications for CO2 dynamics in subtropical coastal ecosystems. Wetlands 36: 957-967.

Gaiser, E.E., E.P. Anderson, E. Castañeda-Moya, L. Collado-Vides, J.W. Fourqurean, M.R. Heithaus, R. Jaffe, D. Lagomasino, N. Oehm, R.M. Price, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R. Roy Chowdhury, and T. Troxler. 2015. New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research. Ecosphere 6: art181.

Nodine, E., and E.E. Gaiser. 2015. Seasonal differences and response to a tropical storm reflected in diatom assemblage changes in a southwest Florida watershed. Ecological Indicators 57: 139-148.

Gaiser, E.E., P. Sullivan, F. Tobias, A. Bramburger, and J.C. Trexler. 2014. Boundary effects on benthic microbial phosphorus concentrations and diatom beta diversity in a hydrologically-modified, nutrient-limited wetland. Wetlands 34: 55-64.

Koch, G., S.E. Hagerthey, D.L. Childers, and E.E. Gaiser. 2014. Examining seasonally pulsed detrital transport in the coastal Everglades using a sediment tracking technique. Wetlands 34: 123-133.

Lee, S.S., E.E. Gaiser, B. Van de Vijver, M.B. Edlund, and S.A. Spaulding. 2014. Morphology and typification of Mastogloia smithii and M. lacustris, with descriptions of two new species from the Florida Everglades and the Caribbean region. Diatom Research 29: 325-350.

Nodine, E., and E.E. Gaiser. 2014. Distribution of Diatoms Along Environmental Gradients in the Charlotte Harbor, Florida (USA), Estuary and Its Watershed: Implications for Bioassessment of Salinity and Nutrient Concentrations. Estuaries and Coasts 37: 864-879.

Sokol, E.R., J.M. Hoch, E.E. Gaiser, and J.C. Trexler. 2014. Metacommunity structure along resource and disturbance gradients in Everglades wetlands. Wetlands 34: 135-146.

Sullivan, P., E.E. Gaiser, D.D. Surratt, D.T. Rudnick, S.E. Davis, and F.H. Sklar. 2014. Wetland ecosystem response to hydrologic restoration and management: The Everglades and its urban-agricultural boundary (FL, USA). Wetlands 34: 1-8.

Sullivan, P., R.M. Price, J. Schedlbauer, A.K. Saha, and E.E. Gaiser. 2014. The influence of hydrologic restoration on groundwater-surface water interactions in a karst wetland, the Everglades (FL, USA). Wetlands 34: 23-35.

Abbey-Lee, R., E.E. Gaiser, and J.C. Trexler. 2013. Relative roles of dispersal dynamics and competition in determining the isotopic niche breadth of a wetland fish. Freshwater Biology 58: 780-792.

Anderson, W., and E.E. Gaiser. 2013. Paleoenvironmental change in wetlands of the Florida Everglades, southeast USA. Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 1-3.

Bramburger, A., J. Munyon, and E.E. Gaiser. 2013. Water quality and wet season diatom assemblage characteristics from the Tamiami Trail Pilot Swales Sites (Everglades National Park, Florida, USA). Phytotaxa 127: 163-182.

Lee, S.S., E.E. Gaiser, and J.C. Trexler. 2013. Diatom-based models for inferring hydrology and periphyton abundance in a subtropical karstic wetland: Implications for ecosystem-scale bioassessment. Wetlands 33: 157-173.

Quillen, A., E.E. Gaiser, and E. Grimm. 2013. Diatom-based paleolimnological reconstruction of regional climate and local land-use change from a protected sinkhole lake in southern Florida, U.S.A. . Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 15-30.

Sanchez, C., E.E. Gaiser, C.J. Saunders, A. Wachnicka, and N. Oehm. 2013. Challenges in using siliceous subfossils as a tool for inferring past water level and hydroperiod in Everglades marshes. Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 45-66.

Troxler, T. et al. 2013. Integrated carbon budget models for the Everglades terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient: current status and needs for inter-site comparisons. Oceanography 26: 98-107.

Wachnicka, A., E.E. Gaiser, and L. Collins. 2013. Correspondence of historic salinity fluctuations in Florida Bay, USA, to atmospheric variability and anthropogenic changes . Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 103-115.

Wachnicka, A., E.E. Gaiser, L. Wingard, H.O. Briceno, and P. Harlem. 2013. Impact of late Holocene climate variability and anthropogenic activities on Biscayne Bay (Florida, U.S.A): evidence from diatoms. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 371: 80-92.

Wachnicka, A., L. Collins, and E.E. Gaiser. 2013. Response of diatom assemblages to 130 years of environmental change in Florida Bay (USA) . Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 83-101.

Dodds, W., C. Robinson, E.E. Gaiser, G. Hansen, H. Powell, J. Smith, N. Morse, S. Gregory, T. Bell, T. Kratz, and W.H. McDowell. 2012. Surprises and Insights from Long-Term Aquatic Datasets and Experiments. BioScience 62: 709-721.

Koch, G., D.L. Childers, P.A. Staehr, R.M. Price, S.E. Davis, and E.E. Gaiser. 2012. Hydrological conditions control P loading and aquatic metabolism in an oligotrophic, subtropical estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 35: 292-307.

La Hee, J., and E.E. Gaiser. 2012. Benthic diatom assemblages as indicators of water quality in the Everglades and three tropical karstic wetlands. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 31: 205-221.

Schedlbauer, J., J. Munyon, S. Oberbauer, E.E. Gaiser, and G. Starr. 2012. Controls on ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in short- and long-hydroperiod Florida Everglades freshwater marshes. Wetlands 32: 801-812.

Wozniak, J., W.T. Anderson, D.L. Childers, E.E. Gaiser, C.J. Madden, and D.T. Rudnick. 2012. Potential N processing by southern Everglades freshwater marshes: Are Everglades marshes passive conduits for nitrogen? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 96: 60-68.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2011. Book Review: Lodge, T. 2010. The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem. 3rd Edition. CRC Press. Wetlands 31: 445-446.

Gaiser, E.E., P. McCormick, S.E. Hagerthey, and A.D. Gottlieb. 2011. Landscape patterns of periphyton in the Florida Everglades. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 92-120.

Hagerthey, S.E., B.J. Bellinger, K. Wheeler, M. Gantar, and E.E. Gaiser. 2011. Everglades periphyton: A biogeochemical perspective. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 309-343.

Liu, G., M. Naja, P. Kalla, D. Scheidt, E.E. Gaiser, and Y. Cai. 2011. Legacy and fate of mercury and methylmercury in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 496-501.

Read, J., D. Hamilton, I. Jones, K. Muraoka, R. Kroiss, C. Wu, and E.E. Gaiser. 2011. Derivation of lake mixing and stratification indices from high-resolution lake buoy data. Environmental Modelling and Software 26: 1325-1336.

Sargeant, B., E.E. Gaiser, and J.C. Trexler. 2011. Indirect and direct controls of macroinvertebrates and small fish by abiotic factors and trophic interactions in the Florida Everglades. Freshwater Biology 56: 2334-2346.

Wachnicka, A., and E.E. Gaiser. 2011. Ecology and distribution of diatoms in Biscayne Bay, Florida (USA): Implications for bioassessment and paleoenvironmental studies. Ecological Indicators 11: 622-632.

Gaiser, E.E., J. La Hee, F. Tobias, and A. Wachnicka. 2010. Mastogloia smithii var lacustris Grun.: A structural engineer of calcareous mats in karstic subtropical wetlands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 160: 99-112.

Sargeant, B., E.E. Gaiser, and J.C. Trexler. 2010. Biotic and abiotic determinants of intermediate-consumer trophic diversity in the Florida Everglades. Marine & Freshwater Research 61: 11-22.

Wachnicka, A., E.E. Gaiser, L. Collins, T.A. Frankovich, and J. Boyer. 2010. Distribution of diatoms and development of diatom-based models for inferring salinity and nutrient concentrations in Florida Bay and adjacent coastal wetlands of south Florida (USA). Estuaries and Coasts 33: 1080-1098.

Frankovich, T.A., A.R. Armitage, A. Wachnicka, E.E. Gaiser, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2009. Nutrient effects on seagrass epiphyte community structure in Florida Bay. Journal of Phycology 45: 1010-1020.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2009. Periphyton as an indicator of restoration in the Everglades. Ecological Indicators 9: S37-S45 .

Gaiser, E.E., N. Deyrup, R. Bachmann, L. Battoe, and H. Swain. 2009. Multidecadal climate oscillations detected in a transparency record from a subtropical Florida lake. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 2228-2232.

Gaiser, E.E., N. Deyrup, R. Bachmann, L. Battoe, and H. Swain. 2009. Effects of climate variability on transparency and thermal structure in subtropical, monomictic Lake Annie, Florida. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 175: 217-230.

Gaiser, E.E., R.F. Doren, P. McCormick, S. Newman, J.H. Richards, and J.C. Trexler. 2008. Comment on "Estimating ecological thresholds for phosphorus in the Everglades". Environmental Science & Technology 42: 6770-6771.

Wachnicka, A., and E.E. Gaiser. 2007. Characterization of Amphora and Seminavis from South Florida, U.S.A. Diatom Research 22: 387-455.

Dorn, N.J., J.C. Trexler, and E.E. Gaiser. 2006. Exploring the role of large predators in marsh food webs: evidence for a behaviorally-mediated trophic cascade. Hydrobiologia 569: 375-386.

Ewe, S.M.L., E.E. Gaiser, D.L. Childers, D. Iwaniec, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, and R.R. Twilley. 2006. Spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) along two freshwater-estuarine transects in the Florida Coastal Everglades . Hydrobiologia 569: 459-474.

Frankovich, T.A., E.E. Gaiser, J.C. Zieman, and A. Wachnicka. 2006. Spatial and temporal distributions of epiphytic diatoms growing on Thalassia testudinum Banks ex Konig: Relationships to water quality. Hydrobiologia 569: 259-271.

Gaiser, E.E., A. Zafiris, P.L. Ruiz, F. Tobias, and M.S. Ross. 2006. Tracking rates of ecotone migration due to salt-water encroachment using fossil mollusks in coastal South Florida. Hydrobiologia 569: 237-257.

Gaiser, E.E., J.H. Richards, J.C. Trexler, R.D. Jones, and D.L. Childers. 2006. Periphyton responses to eutrophication in the Florida Everglades: Cross-system patterns of structural and compositional change. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 617-630.

Gottlieb, A.D., J.H. Richards, and E.E. Gaiser. 2006. Comparative study of periphyton community structure in long and short-hydroperiod Everglades marshes. Hydrobiologia 569: 195-207.

Thomas, S.E., E.E. Gaiser, and F. Tobias. 2006. Effects of shading on calcareous benthic periphyton in a short-hydroperiod oligotrophic wetland (Everglades, FL, USA). Hydrobiologia 569: 209-221.

Thomas, S.E., E.E. Gaiser, M. Gantar, and L.J. Scinto. 2006. Quantifying the response of calcareous periphyton crusts to rehydration: a microcosm study (Florida Everglades). Aquatic Botany 84: 317-323.

Tobias, F., and E.E. Gaiser. 2006. Taxonomy and distribution of taxa in the genus Gomphonema from the Florida Everglades, U.S.A. Diatom Research 21: 379-405.

Trexler, J.C., E.E. Gaiser, and D.L. Childers. 2006. Interaction of hydrology and nutrients in controlling ecosystem function in oligotrophic coastal environments of South Florida. Hydrobiologia 569: 1-2.

Xu, Y., R. Jaffe, A. Wachnicka, and E.E. Gaiser. 2006. Occurrence of C25 highly branched isoprenoids in Florida Bay: Paleoenvironmental indicators of diatom-derived organic matter inputs. Organic Geochemistry 37: 847-859.

Gaiser, E.E., J.C. Trexler, J.H. Richards, D.L. Childers, D. Lee, A.L. Edwards, L.J. Scinto, K. Jayachandran, G.B. Noe, and R.D. Jones. 2005. Cascading ecological effects of low-level phosphorus enrichment in the Florida Everglades. Journal of Environmental Quality 34: 717-723.

Noe, G.B., D.L. Childers, A.L. Edwards, E. Gaiser, K. Jayachandran, D. Lee, J. Meeder, J. Richards, L.J. Scinto, J.C. Trexler, and R.D. Jones. 2002. Short-term changes in phosphorus storage in an oligotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystem receiving experimental nutrient enrichment. Biogeochemistry 59: 239-267.

Datasets (26)
FCE Datasets
Biogeochemical data collected from Northeast Shark Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from September 2006 to September 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Scinto, Leonard;

Water Quality Data (Porewater) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, January 2001 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Sawgrass Above and Below Ground Total Nitrogen and Total Carbon from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2002 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Sawgrass Above and Below Ground Total Phosphorus from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, September 2002 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Water Quality Data (Extensive) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, October 2000 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, May 2001 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Sawgrass above ground biomass from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Periphyton Productivity from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, October 2001 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Tobias, Franco;

Macrophyte count data collected from Northeast Shark Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from September 2006 to September 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Periphyton data collected from Northeast Shark Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER) from September 2006 to September 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Periphyton Accumulation Rates from Shark River Slough, Taylor Slough and Florida Bay, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, January 2001 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Tobias, Franco;

Periphyton Biomass Accumulation from the Shark River and Taylor Sloughs, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, January 2003 - ongoing
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Tobias, Franco;

Environmental data from FCE LTER Caribbean Karstic Region (CKR) study in Yucatan, Belize and Jamaica during Years 2006, 2007 and 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Diatom Species Abundance Data from LTER Caribbean Karstic Region (CKR) study (FCE) in Yucatan, Belize and Jamaica during 2006, 2007, 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Periphyton data from LTER Caribbean Karstic Region (CKR) study in Yucatan, Belize and Jamaica (FCE LTER) during 2006, 2007, 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Fish and consumer data collected from Northeast Shark Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE) from September 2006 to September 2008
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn; Trexler, Joel C.;

Mangrove soil phosphorus addition experiment from June 2013 to August 2013 at the mangrove peat soil mesocosms (FCE), Key Largo, Florida - Nutrients in Porewater, Soil and Roots
Creators: Kominoski, John; Gaiser, Evelyn;

Mangrove soil phosphorus addition experiment from July 2013 to August 2013 at the mangrove peat soil mesocosms (FCE), Key Largo, Florida - Nutrients in Surface Water and Aboveground Biomass
Creators: Kominoski, John; Gaiser, Evelyn;

Periphyton and Associated Environmental Data Relative from Samples Collected from the Greater Everglades, Florida, USA from September 2005 to November 2014
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Relative Abundance Diatom Data from Periphyton Samples Collected from the Greater Everglades, Florida USA from September 2005 to November 2014
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Relative Abundance of Soft Algae From the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) Study (FCE), Florida, USA, September 2005 to November 2011
Creators: Gaiser, Evelyn;

Periphyton, hydrological and environmental data in a coastal freshwater wetland (FCE), Florida Everglades National Park, USA (2014-2015)
Creators: Mazzei, Viviana; Gaiser, Evelyn;

Biogeochemical data collected from Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, 2006 - ongoing
Creators: Pope, Julia; Hoffman, Sophia; Rizzie, Chris; Nocentini, Andrea; Sarker, Shishir; Kominoski, John; Gaiser, Evelyn; Scinto, Leonard;

Vegetation data collected from Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, September 2006 - ongoing
Creators: Pope, Julia; Hoffman, Sophia; Rizzie, Chris B.; Nocentini, Andrea; Tobias, Franco; Kominoski, John S.; Gaiser, Evelyn;

Water Quality Data (Rainfall-driven autosampler) from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, June 2003 - ongoing
Creators: Kominoski, John; Gaiser, Evelyn; Childers, Daniel; Travieso, Rafael;

Environmental and periphyton composition data from Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, Florida, USA, July 2022 - November 2022
Creators: Hormiga, Samantha; Gaiser, Evelyn E.;

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

Aquifer storage and recovery periphyton assessment
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2024

Periphyton and vegetation monitoring for adaptive management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) hydrological changes
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2023

Vegetation and periphyton monitoring and vegetation mapping of the L-31E flow way and Cutler wetlands - Extension
Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2023

Analyzing the impact of changing hydrological conditions along the boundary of Everglades National Park
Authors: Gaiser, E., N.J. Dorn
Funding organization: Everglades National Park
Time period: 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2023

South Florida-Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
Time period: 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2023

Wet season aquatic fauna and primary production in Florida Everglades
Authors: Dorn, N., E.E. Gaiser
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2023

Establishing a protective phosphorus criterion for Big Cypress National Preserve
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
Time period: 01 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 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

Monitoring performance measures of the Broward County Water Preserve Areas
Authors: Gaiser, E., N.J. Dorn
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 01 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022

Periphyton and vegetation monitoring for adaptive management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) hydrological changes
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022

Vegetation and periphyton monitoring and vegetation mapping of the L-31E flow way and Cutler wetlands - Extension
Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022

Wet season aquatic fauna and primary production in Florida Everglades
Authors: Gaiser, E., N.J. Dorn
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 01 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022

Analyzing the impact of changing hydrological conditions along the boundary of Everglades National Park
Authors: Gaiser, E., N.J. Dorn
Funding organization: Everglades National Park
Time period: 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2022

Periphyton and vegetation monitoring for adaptive management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) hydrological changes – Extension
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Sep 2021 - 01 Oct 2021

Periphyton and vegetation monitoring for adaptive management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) hydrological changes
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Oct 2016 - 30 Sep 2021

Vegetation and periphyton monitoring and vegetation mapping of the L-31E flow way and Cutler wetlands
Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2021

Analyzing the impact of changing hydrologic conditions along the boundary of Everglades National Park
Authors: Trexler, J., E.E. Gaiser
Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
Time period: 01 Sep 2016 - 31 Aug 2021

Aquatic fauna and periphyton production data collection
Authors: Trexler, J., E.E. Gaiser
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 31 Aug 2016 - 31 Aug 2021

Periphyton and vegetation monitoring for adaptive management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) hydrological changes
Authors: Gaiser, E.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Sep 2020 - 30 Aug 2021

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

Monitoring performance measures of the Broward County Water Preserve Areas
Authors: Trexler, J., E.E. Gaiser
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 31 Oct 2016 - 30 Oct 2020

Vegetation and periphyton monitoring Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project, L-31E component
Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Oct 2017 - 30 Sep 2020

Vegetation and periphyton monitoring, Biscayne Coastal Wetlands Component
Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 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

Baseline vegetation and periphyton monitoring
Authors: Gaiser, E., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Feb 2019 - 01 Mar 2020

Recent FCE Presentations
Gaiser, E.E.. 2024. Thirty-six years of thinking like a diatom: the power of persistent attachments. Plenary Presentation. North American Diatom Symposium. Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Milford, Iowa, October 2, 2024 - October 6, 2024.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2024. Mats matter: the social-ecological role of benthic microbial communities in wetlands. Department of Environmental Studies. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, September 13, 2024.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2024. Through the looking glass: Discovering the “hidden” clues about ecosystems from microscope glass-encased algae. Public Presentation. Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Florida State University, St. Teresa, Florida, September 12, 2024.

Kleindl, P., J.P. Sah, M.S. Ross, and E.E. Gaiser. 2024. Co-variation and regulation of macrophyte and microbial mat communities in short hydroperiod wetlands. 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, August 8, 2024.

Gaiser, E.E., P. Kleindl, and T. Fish. 2024. Enacting long term ecological research through federal agency partnerships. 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, August 5, 2024.

Hormiga, S., E.E. Gaiser, J.W. Fourqurean, M.S. Ross, and R. Vidales. 2024. Coastal carbon flux: Periphyton contributions and diatom indicators. 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, August 5, 2024.

Innocent, H., A. Wachnicka, and E.E. Gaiser. 2024. The effects of nitrogen: phosphorus ratios on phytoplankton and benthic algal communities in Lake Okeechobee. 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, August 5, 2024.

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.

Candelario, C., P. Kleindl, and E.E. Gaiser. 2024. Effects of wetland hydrology and macrophyte community type on macrophyte and microbial mat biomass. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

Kleindl, P., J.P. Sah, M.S. Ross, and E.E. Gaiser. 2024. Co-variation of macrophyte and microbial mat biomass in short hydroperiod wetlands. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

Shannon, T., and E.E. Gaiser. 2024. Drivers of algal metacommunity assembly and resilience in the Central Everglades. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

Hormiga, S., E.E. Gaiser, M.S. Ross, J.W. Fourqurean, and R. Vidales. 2023. Coastal carbon flux: Periphyton contributions and diatom indicators. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 13, 2023.

Kleindl, P., A. Wachnicka, and E.E. Gaiser. 2023. The role of benthic periphyton mats in regulating macrophyte communities in a marl prairie wetland. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2023, Portland, Oregon, August 10, 2023.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2023. Orientation to the Long Term Ecological Research Network. Virtual meeting of the Long Term Ecological Research Network, Virtual, July 6, 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.

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.

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.

E.E. Gaiser. 2023. Unusual features of the Everglades: Signals of restoration success from its smallest creatures. Florida Gulf Coast University Seminar, Ft. Myers, Florida, January 1, 2023.

Gaiser, E.E.. 2023. Pulsing dynamics and the development of coastal ecosystems facing sea-level rise. Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, January 1, 2023.

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