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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

    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

    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 2023

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

    Authors: Castañeda-Moya, E., T. Troxler, J. Kominoski, D. Lagomasino, J.P. Sah
    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.. 2023. Hurricane Trends: Is it all Doom and Gloom? Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 19, 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.

    Castañeda-Moya, E., D. Lagomasino, J. Kominoski, T. Troxler, and J.P. Sah. 2022. Effects of Hurricane Irma on mangrove forest structure in the Florida Everglades, USA. Mangrove Congress of America, Merida, Mexico, October 10, 2022 - October 14, 2022.

    Anderson, K.J., and J. Kominoski. 2022. How are increases in marine and fresh water changing coastal wetland DOC? 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

    Restrepo, V., E. Castañeda-Moya, J. Kominoski, and E. Solohin. 2022. Post-hurricane mangrove regeneration along subsidy-stress in the FCE. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

    Richey, A., J. Kominoski, P.C. Olivas, and S.L. Malone. 2022. Water level and surface salinity trends in the Everglades freshwater-saline ecotone. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

    Kominoski, J., B.A. Ball, T. Bell, G. Gerrish, P.E. Gutierrez-Fonseca, K. Hall, P.M. Medeiros, and J.A. Rudgers. 2022. Ecological sensitivities to pulse dynamics and antecedent climate: insights from across US LTER sites. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2022, Montreal, Canada, August 17, 2022.

    Montenegro, K., J. Kominoski, K. Whelan, and M.C. Prats. 2022. Quantifying how increased marine hydrologic inputs affect coastal mangrove soil accretion and elevation. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 20, 2022.

    Smith, M.A., J. Kominoski, and K.J. Anderson. 2022. Carbon fluxes across ecosystem interfaces: Sources, cycling, and fate. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 20, 2022.

    Smith, M.A., J. Kominoski, and K.J. Anderson. 2022. Investigating long-term spatiotemporal variation in dissolved organic matter composition in subtropical coastal wetlands . Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 20, 2022.

    Hoffman, S., J. Kominoski, K.J. Anderson, A. Nocentini, E.E. Gaiser, and J. Redwine. 2022. Freshwater rehydration increases primary production and mobilizes legacy phosphorus in Everglades marshes. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 18, 2022.

    Anderson, K.J., J. Kominoski, A. Nocentini, S. Hoffman, and M.A. Smith. 2022. Nutrient limitation interacts with carbon sources and hydrology to drive dissolved organic matter in wetlands. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 17, 2022.

    Chen, S., R. Hale, K. Capps, J. Kominoski, K. Hopkins, A. Roy, J.L. Morse, A. Quick, D. Cross, C. Pendergast, C. Rizzie, and L. Ortiz Munoz. 2022. Spatial and temporal variation in DOM in urban streams of the eastern United States. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 16, 2022.

    Hale, R., K. Capps, K. Hopkins, J. Kominoski, J.L. Morse, A. Roy, S. Chen, A. Quick, A. Blinn, D. Cross, B.T. Folk, L. Ortiz Munoz, C. Pendergast, and C. Rizzie. 2022. Scales and drivers of variability in dissolved organic carbon across diverse urban watersheds. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 16, 2022.

    Kominoski, J., C. Patrick, W.H. McDowell, and B.A. Stauffer. 2022. Coordinating storms and data streams: Hurricane Ecosystem Response Synthesis (HERS-RCN) . Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 16, 2022.

    Ortiz Munoz, L., J. Kominoski, C. Rizzie, S. Chen, and A. Quick. 2022. Urban dissolved organic carbon and aquatic metabolism vary with land-use and seasons. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 16, 2022.

    Quick, A., A. Roy, R. Hale, K. Capps, K. Hopkins, J. Kominoski, J.L. Morse, S. Chen, and C. Rizzie. 2022. Seasonal trends in dissolved and particulate organic carbon across urban streams in Boston, USA . Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 16, 2022.

    Anderson, K.J., J. Kominoski, A. Nocentini, and S. Hoffman. 2022. Nutrient limitation interacts with carbon sources and hydrology to drive dissolved organic matter in wetlands. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.

    Hoffman, S., J. Kominoski, K.J. Anderson, A. Nocentini, E.E. Gaiser, and J. Redwine. 2022. Freshwater rehydration increases primary production and mobilizes legacy phosphorus in Everglades marshes. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.

    Montenegro, K., J. Kominoski, K. Whelan, and M.C. Prats. 2022. Quantifying how increased marine hydrologic inputs affect coastal mangrove soil accretion and elevation. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.

    Quick, A., A. Roy, R. Hale, K. Capps, K. Hopkins, J. Kominoski, and J.L. Morse. 2022. Variability in dissolved organic carbon across urban streams in Boston, Massachusetts. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference, Portland, Maine, March 2, 2022.

    Armitage, A.R., J.E. Thompson, C.A. Weaver, J. Kominoski, and S.C. Pennings. 2022. The role of interacting disturbances on the expansion and contraction of subtropical mangroves. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Virtual, February 24, 2022 - March 4, 2022.