Personnel Profiles

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

Anderson, K.J., J. Kominoski, and J.P. Sah. 2024. Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of organic matter processing along phosphorus and salinity gradients in coastal wetlands. Journal of Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14302.

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.

Ross, M.S., S. Stoffella, P.L. Ruiz, S.C. Subedi, J.F. Meeder, J.P. Sah, R. Vidales, P.R. Minchin, L.J. Scinto, and K. Zhang. 2024. Transient vegetation dynamics in a tropical coastal wetland: Sea-level rise, glycophyte retreat, and incipient loss in plant diversity. Journal of Vegetation Science 35: e13267.

Zhang, B., S. Wdowinski, D. Gann, S.-H. Hong, and J.P. Sah. 2022. Spatiotemporal variations of wetland backscatter: The role of water depth and vegetation characteristics in Sentinel-1 dual-polarization SAR observations. Remote Sensing of Environment 270: 112864.

Nocentini, A., J. Kominoski, and J.P. Sah. 2021. Interactive effects of hydrology and fire drive differential biogeochemical legacies in subtropical wetlands. Ecosphere 12: e03408.

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.

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.

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.

Mesa, X., J.P. Sah, and D. Gann. 2024. Detection of woody plant community change on wetland tree islands from remotely sensed data - A historic change analysis. 2024 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, April 29, 2024.

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.

Sah, J.P., C. Pulido, M.S. Ross, S. Stoffella, and R. Vidales. 2023. Effects of hydrologic changes on vegetation and soil characteristics along marl prairie-Slough gradients in Everglades, Florida. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2023, Portland, Oregon, August 10, 2023.

Rugemalila, D., J.P. Sah, S. Stoffella, S. Castaneda, K. Castrillon, B. Constant, J. Heffernan, and M.S. Ross. 2023. Local, spatial, and temporal variability in vegetation species composition in relation to environmental heterogeneity in the Everglades ecosystem. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2023, Portland, Oregon, August 8, 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.

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.

Sah, J.P.. 2023. Long-term vegetation dynamics in Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow habitat: Lessons learned and implications for Everglades restoration. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 20, 2023.