Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Personnel Profiles

Jay Sah

FCE Site Role
Project Collaborator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Vegetation analysis, wetland ecology and management, bio-diversity conservation, environmental impact assessment, natural resource management

FCE Working groups
Climate & Disturbance Legacies

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

FCE Publications (23)
Book Chapters
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.
Journal Articles
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.

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.

Sah, J.P., P.L. Ruiz, and M.S. Ross. 2018. Spatio-temporal pattern of plant communities along a hydrologic gradient in Everglades tree islands. Forest Ecology and Management 421: 16-31.

Wetzel, P., J.P. Sah, and M.S. Ross. 2017. Tree islands: the bellwether of Everglades ecosystem function and restoration success. Restoration Ecology 25: S71-S85.

Ross, M.S., J.P. Sah, P.L. Ruiz, A.A. Spitzig, and S.C. Subedi. 2016. Inferring implications of climate change in south Florida hardwood hammocks through analysis of metacommunity structure. Diversity and Distributions 22: 783-796.

Sullivan, P., R.M. Price, M. Wilson, S. Stoffella, J.P. Sah, L.J. Scinto, E. Cline, T.W. Dreschel, and F.H. Sklar. 2016. Trees: a powerful geomorphic agent governing the landscape evolution of a subtropical wetland. Biogeochemistry 128: 369-384.

Ross, M.S., J.P. Sah, J.F. Meeder, P.L. Ruiz, and G.J. Telesnicki. 2014. Compositional effects of sea-level rise in a patchy landscape: The dynamics of tree islands in the southeastern coastal Everglades. Wetlands 34: 91-100.

Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross, S. Saha, P.R. Minchin, and J. Sadle. 2014. Trajectories of vegetation response to water management in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida. Wetlands 34: 65-79.

Ruiz, P.L., J.P. Sah, M.S. Ross, and A.A. Spitzig. 2013. Tree island response to fire and flooding in the short-hydroperiod marl prairie grasslands of the Florida Everglades. Fire Ecology 9: 38-54.

Clement, B., J. Javier, J.P. Sah, and M.S. Ross. 2011. The effects of wildfires on the magnetic properties of soils in the Everglades. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 36: 460-466.

Espinar, J.L., M.S. Ross, and J.P. Sah. 2011. Pattern of nutrient availability and plant community assemblage in Everglades Tree Islands, Florida, USA. Hydrobiologia 667: 89-99.

Ross, M.S., and J.P. Sah. 2011. Forest resource islands in a sub-tropical marsh: soil-site relationships in Everglades hardwood hammocks. Ecosystems 14: 632-645.

Hanan, E., M.S. Ross, P.L. Ruiz, and J.P. Sah. 2010. Multi-scaled grassland-woody plant dynamics in the heterogeneous marl prairies of the southern Everglades. Ecosystems 13: 1256-1274.

Ross, M.S., D.E. Ogurcak, J.P. Sah, and P.L. Ruiz. 2010. Using Florida Keys reference sites as a standard for restoration of forest structure in Everglades tree islands. International Journal of Forestry Research 2010: 8 pages.

Stoffella, S., M.S. Ross, J.P. Sah, R.M. Price, P. Sullivan, E. Cline, and L.J. Scinto. 2010. Survival and growth responses of eight Everglades tree species along an experimental hydrological gradient on two tree island types. Applied Vegetation Science 13: 439-449.

Ross, M.S., P.L. Ruiz, J.P. Sah, and E. Hanan. 2009. Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the sub-tropical zone: a case study from south Florida. Global Change Biology 15: 1817-1832.

Armentano, T.V., J.P. Sah, M.S. Ross, D.T. Jones, H.C. Cooley, and C.S. Smith. 2006. Rapid responses of vegetation to hydrological changes in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. Hydrobiologia 569: 293-309.

Ross, M.S., S. Mitchell-Bruker, J.P. Sah, S. Stothoff, P.L. Ruiz, D.R. Reed, K. Jayachandran, and C.L. Coultas. 2006. Interaction of hydrology and nutrient limitation in the ridge and slough landscape of the southern Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569: 37-59.

Lockwood, J.L., M.S. Ross, and J.P. Sah. 2003. Smoke on the water: the interplay of fire and water flow on Everglades restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 462-468.

Ross, M.S., D.R. Reed, J.P. Sah, P.L. Ruiz, and M. Lewin. 2003. Vegetation:environment relationships and water management in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park. Wetlands Ecology and Management 11: 291-303.

Recent FCE Leveraged Projects

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: 01 Jun 2020 - 31 Dec 2022

Evaluation of vegetation response to changes in hydrologic parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 2017 - 2022

Landscape pattern - Marl Prairie/Slough Gradients
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 01 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2021

Landscape Pattern – Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 24 Sep 2020 - 23 Sep 2021

Vegetation monitoring within the habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow in the southern Everglades
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: Everglades National Park-U.S. Department of Interior
Time period: 2016 - 2021

Monitoring of tree island condition in the southern Everglades
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross, D. Gann
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 01 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2020

Landscape pattern - Ridge, slough, and tree island mosaics
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time period: 2015 - 2020

Status of vegetation structure and composition within the habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D
Authors: Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 2019 - 2020

Recent FCE Presentations
Nocentini, A., J. Kominoski, J.P. Sah and M.S. Ross. 2020. Comparing biogeochemical legacies of fire and hydrology in short- and long-hydroperiod wetlands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2020, Virtual, August 3, 2020 - August 6, 2020.

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