Personnel Profiles

• Mailing address:
• Southeast Environmental Research Center
• Florida International University
• 11200 SW 8th St., OE 148
• Miami, FL 33199
• Email: troxlert@fiu.edu

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

Kominoski, J., J.S. Rehage, W.T. Anderson, R. Boucek, H.O. Briceno, M.R. Bush, T.W. Dreschel, M.R. Heithaus, R. Jaffe, L. Larsen, P. Matich, C. McVoy, A.E. Rosenblatt and T. Troxler. 2019. Chapter 4: Ecosystem Fragmentation and Connectivity - Legacies and Future Implications of a Restored Everglades, 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

Sklar, F.H., J.F. Meeder, T. Troxler, T.W. Dreschel, S.E. Davis and P.L. Ruiz. 2019. Chapter 16 - The Everglades: At the Forefront of Transition, pp. 277-292 in Wolanski, E., J.W. Day, M. Elliott and R. Ramachandran (eds.) Coasts and Estuaries: The Future. Elsevier

Troxler, T., G. Starr, J.N. Boyer, J.D. Fuentes, R. Jaffe, S.L. Malone, J.G. Barr, S.E. Davis, L. Collado-Vides, J.L. Breithaupt, A.K. Saha, R.M. Chambers, C.J. Madden, J.M. Smoak, J.W. Fourqurean, G. Koch, J. Kominoski, L.J. Scinto, S. Oberbauer, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castañeda-Moya, N.O. Schulte, S.P. Charles, J.H. Richards, D.T. Rudnick and K.R.T. Whelan. 2019. Chapter 6: Carbon Cycles in the Florida Coastal Everglades Social-Ecological System across Scales, 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

Troxler, T.. 2016. Collaboration and Broadening Our Scope: Relevance of LTER Science to the Global Community, pp. 185-195 in Willig, M.R. and L.R. Walker (eds.) Long-Term Ecological Research: Changing the Nature of Scientists. Oxford University Press

Chambers, L.G., S.E. Davis and T. Troxler. 2015. Sea Level Rise in the Everglades: Plant-Soil-Microbial Feedbacks in Response to Changing Physical Conditions, pp. 89-114 in Entry, J., K. Jayachandran, A.D. Gottlieb and A. Ogram (eds.) Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem. CRC Press : Boca Raton, FL

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., E. Castañeda-Moya, J.G. Barr, V. Engel, J.D. Fuentes, T. Troxler, R.R. Twilley, S. Bouillon, T.J. Smith and T.L. O'Halloran. 2013. Current Methods to Evaluate Net Primary Production and Carbon Budgets in Mangrove Forests, pp. 243-288 in Delaune, R.D., K.R. Reddy, P. Megonigal and C. Richardson (eds.) Methods in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. Soil Science Society of America Book Series

Breithaupt, J.L., J.M. Smoak, C.J. Sanders and T. Troxler. 2019. Spatial variability of organic carbon, CaCO3 and nutrient burial rates spanning a mangrove productivity gradient in the coastal Everglades. Ecosystems 22: 844-858

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

Cooper, H.M., C. Zhang, S.E. Davis and T. Troxler. 2019. Object-based correction of LiDAR DEMs using RTK-GPS data and machine learning modeling in the coastal Everglades. Environmental Modelling & Software 112: 179-191

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

Dessu, S.B., R.M. Price, T. Troxler and J. Kominoski. 2018. Effects of sea-level rise and freshwater management on long-term water levels and water quality in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Journal of Environmental Management 211: 164-176

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

Servais, S., J. Kominoski, S.E. Davis, E.E. Gaiser, J.C. Pachon and T. Troxler. 2018. Effects of nutrient-limitation on disturbance recovery in experimental mangrove wetlands. Wetlands 39: 337-347

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

Chambers, L.G., R. Guevara, J.N. Boyer, S.E. Davis and T. Troxler. 2016. Effects of salinity and inundation on microbial community structure and function in a mangrove peat soil. Wetlands 36: 361-371

Morris, J., D.C. Barber, J. Callaway, R.M. Chambers, S.C. Hagen, C. Hopkinson, B.J. Johnson, P. Megonigal, S.C. Neubauer, T. Troxler and C. Wigand. 2016. Contributions of organic and inorganic matter to sediment volume and accretion in tidal wetlands at steady state. Earth's Future 4: 110-121

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

Troxler, T., J.G. Barr, J.D. Fuentes, V. Engel, G. Anderson, C. Sanchez, D. Lagomasino, R.M. Price and S.E. Davis. 2015. Component-specific dynamics of riverine mangrove CO2 efflux in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213: 273-282

Barr, J.G., T. Troxler and R.G. Najjar. 2014. Understanding Coastal Carbon Cycling by Linking Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 95: 315

Chambers, L.G., S.E. Davis, T. Troxler, A. Downey-Wall, J.N. Boyer and L.J. Scinto. 2014. Biogeochemical effects of simulated sea level rise on carbon loss in an Everglades mangrove peat soil. Hydrobiologia 726: 195-211

Troxler, T., D.L. Childers and C.J. Madden. 2014. Drivers of Decadal-Scale Change in Southern Everglades Wetland Macrophyte Communities of the Coastal Ecotone. Wetlands 34: 81-90

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

Troxler, T., M. Ikenaga, L.J. Scinto, J.N. Boyer, R. Condit, G. Gann and D.L. Childers. 2012. Patterns of soil bacteria and canopy community structure related to tropical peatland development. Wetlands 32: 769-782

Larsen, L., N. Aumen, C. Bernhardt, V. Engel, T. Givnish, S.E. Hagerthey, J. Harvey, L. Leonard, P. McCormick, C. McVoy, G.B. Noe, M. Nungesser, K. Rutchey, F.H. Sklar, T. Troxler, J.C. Volin and D.A. Willard. 2011. Recent and Historic Drivers of Landscape Change in the Everglades Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaic. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 344-381

Richards, J.H., M. Dow and T. Troxler. 2011. Modeling Nymphoides architecture: A morphological analysis of Nymphoides aquatica (Menyanthaceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 1761-1771

Richards, J.H., T. Troxler, D. Lee and M.S. Zimmerman. 2011. Experimental determination of effects of water depth on Nymphaea odorata growth, morphology and biomass allocation . Aquatic Botany 95: 9-16

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., R.R. Twilley, S.E. Davis, D.L. Childers, M. Simard, R.M. Chambers, R. Jaffe, J.N. Boyer, D.T. Rudnick, K. Zhang, E. Castañeda-Moya, S.M.L. Ewe, R.M. Price, C. Coronado-Molina, M.S. Ross, T.J. Smith, B. Michot, E. Meselhe, W.K. Nuttle, T. Troxler and G.B. Noe. 2011. The Role of the Everglades Mangrove Ecotone Region (EMER) in Regulating Nutrient Cycling and Wetland Productivity in South Florida. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 633-669

Wetzel, P., F.H. Sklar, C. Coronado-Molina, T. Troxler, S.L. Krupa, P. Sullivan, S.M.L. Ewe, R.M. Price, S. Newman and W.H. Orem. 2011. Biogeochemical Processes on Tree Islands in the Greater Everglades: Initiating a New Paradigm. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41: 670-701

Spasojevic, M.J., R.J. Aicher, G. Koch, E.S. Marquardt, N. Mirotchnick, T. Troxler and S.L. Collins. 2010. Fire and grazing in a mesic tallgrass prairie: impacts on plant species and functional traits. Ecology 91: 1651-1659

Troxler, T. and D.L. Childers. 2010. Biogeochemical Contributions of Tree Islands to Everglades Wetland Landscape Nitrogen Cycling During Seasonal Inundation. Ecosystems 13: 75-89

Troxler, T.. 2007. Patterns of phosphorus, nitrogen and 15N along a peat development gradient in a coastal mire, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 683-691

Troxler-Gann, T. and D.L. Childers. 2006. Relationships between hydrology and soils describe vegetation patterns in seasonally flooded tree islands of the southern Everglades, Florida. Plant and Soil 279: 271-286

Anderson, W.T., L.S.L. Sternberg, M.C. Pinzon, T. Troxler-Gann, D.L. Childers and M. Duever. 2005. Carbon isotopic composition of cypress trees from South Florida and changing hydrologic condition. Dendrochronologia 23: 1-10

Troxler-Gann, T., D.L. Childers and D. Rondeau. 2005. Ecosystem structure, nutrient dynamics, and hydrologic relationships in tree islands of the southern Everglades, Florida, USA. Forest Ecology & Management 214: 11-27

Wetzel, P., A.G. van der Valk, S. Newman, D.E. Gawlik, T. Troxler-Gann, C. Coronado-Molina, D.L. Childers and F.H. Sklar. 2005. Maintaining tree islands in the Florida Everglades: nutrient redistribution is the key. Frontiers in Ecology 3: 370-376

Troxler-Gann, T.. 2002. Response of Everglades tree islands to increased freshwater flow (Florida). Ecological Restoration 20: 211-212

Gann, Tiffany Troxler. 2001. Investigating tree island community response to increased freshwater flow in the Southern Everglades. Master's thesis, Florida International University

Troxler-Gann, Tiffany . 2005. Investigating biogeochemical connectivity in a complex wetland landscape: N sources and mechanisms of N sequestration in forested islands of the southern Everglades. Ph.D. dissertation, Florida International University

Periphyton Net Primary Productivity and Respiration Rates from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from December 1998 to December 2004

Periphyton Net Primary Productivity and Respiration Rates from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park, South Florida (FCE) from December 1998 to August 2002

Precipitation from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from July 2000 to Present

Precipitation from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from August 2000 to December 2006

Sawgrass Above and Below Ground Total Nitrogen and Total Carbon from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida for March 2002 to Present

Sawgrass Above and Below Ground Total Phosphorus from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida for March 2002 to Present

Sawgrass above ground biomass from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from August 1999 to Present

Sawgrass above ground biomass from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from October 1997 to December 2006

Soil Characteristic and Nutrient Data from the Taylor Slough, within Everglades National Park (FCE), from March 2002 to April 2004

Soil Characteristics and Nutrient Data from the Shark River Slough, within Everglades National Park (FCE), from March 2003 to March 2004

Soil Physical Data from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), from November 2000 to January 2007

Soil Physical Data from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), from October 1998 to October 2006

Soil Physical Data from the Taylor Slough, within Everglades National Park (FCE), from September 1999 to November 2006

Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from April 1996 to September 2012

Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from August 1999 to Present

Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, just outside the Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from October 1997 to December 2006

Water Quality Data (Extensive) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), from April 1996 to Present

Water Quality Data (Extensive) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from July 1999 to Present

Water Quality Data (Extensive) from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), from August 1998 to December 2006

Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from September 1999 to Present

Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), from May 2001 to Present

Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), for August 1998 to November 2006

Water Quality Data (Porewater) from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from September 1999 to December 2006

Water Quality Data (Porewater) from the Taylor Slough, just outside Everglades National Park (FCE), from August 1998 to October 2006

The Effects of Projected Sea-Level Rise on Everglades Coastal Ecosystems: Evaluating the Potential For and Mechanisms of Peat Collapse Using Integrated Mesocosm and Field Manipulations

Castañeda-Moya, E., V.H. Rivera-Monroy, R.M. Chambers, R. Chambers, X. Zhao, L. Lamb-Wotton, A. Gorsky, E.E. Gaiser, T. Troxler, J. Kominoski and M. Hiatt. 2019. Hurricanes fertilize coastal wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico: The case of Florida Everglades mangroves. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 25th Biennial Conference, Mobile, Alabama, November 7, 2019.

Troxler, T., B.J. Wilson, F.H. Sklar, S.P. Charles, J. Kominoski, E.E. Gaiser, C. Coronado-Molina, S.P. Kelly, S.E. Davis, K. Ishtiaq, J.H. Richards and D. Gann. 2019. Responses of marsh ecosystems to coastal change in the Southeastern Florida Everglades. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 25th Biennial Conference, Mobile, Alabama, November 4, 2019.

Gaiser, E.E., E. Castañeda-Moya, J. Kominoski, J.S. Rehage, T. Troxler and K. Zhang. 2019. Hurricanes interact with disturbance legacies to effect ecosystem resilience. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019, Louisville, Kentucky, August 12, 2019.

Kominoski, J., E.E. Gaiser, M. Ardon, E.S. Bernhardt, L.G. Chambers, S.P. Charles, J.A. Cherry, C. Craft, S.E. Davis, K. Gedan, A.M. Helton, M.L. Kirwan, K.W. Krauss, P. Megonigal, S.C. Neubauer, M.J. Osland, S.C. Pennings, S. Servais, T. Troxler, K. Tully and B.J. Wilson. 2019. Comparing effects of saltwater intrusion on carbon loss among coastal wetland ecosystems: From monitoring to mechanisms. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019, Louisville, Kentucky, August 12, 2019.

Smith, M.D., J. Kominoski, E.E. Gaiser, T. Troxler, O. Barbosa and N.B. Grimm. 2019. A comparison of nutrient uptake dynamics in urban wetlands across different regional climates. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2019, Louisville, Kentucky, August 12, 2019.

Mazzei, V., C. Fitz, T. Troxler, C.J. Madden and E.E. Gaiser. 2019. Community-level modeling of periphytic diatoms in response to sea level rise using the Everglades Landscape Model. 25th North American Diatom Symposium, Eatonton, Georgia, August 3, 2019.

Troxler, T.. 2019. Responses of marsh ecosystems to coastal change in the southeastern Florida Everglades . Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 24, 2019.