Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Personnel Profiles

Joel Trexler

FCE Site Role
Project Collaborator

Affiliation
Florida State University

Research
Ecology of fishes, population and community dynamics of fishes and aquatic invertebrates, the role of tropic interactions and physical-environmental variation in community regulation, evolution of life history patterns and phenotypic plasticity, population genetics

FCE Working groups
Consumers, Detritus & Microbes, Consumer-Mediated Nutrient Transport

Contact
- Mailing address:
- Coastal and Marine Laboratory
- Florida State University
- 3618 Coastal Highway 98
- St. Teresa, FL 32358
- Email: jtrexler@fsu.edu

FCE Publications (71)
Books
Busch, D.E., and J.C. Trexler. 2003. Monitoring Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives. Island Press : Washington, D.C..
Book Chapters
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.

Sklar, F.H., J.M. Beerens, L.A. Brandt, C. Coronado-Molina, S.E. Davis, T.A. Frankovich, C.J. Madden, A. Mclean, J.C. Trexler, and W. Wilcox. 2019. Chapter 8: Back to the Future - Rebuilding the 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.

Trexler, J.C., and W.F. Loftus. 2016. Invertebrates of the Florida Everglades, pp. 321-356 in Batzer, D. and D. Boix (eds.) Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands. Springer International Publishing.

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.

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.

Jopp, F., D.L. DeAngelis, and J.C. Trexler. 2011. Chapter 18. Trophic Cascades and Food Web Stability in Fish Communities of the Everglades, pp. 257-268 in Jopp, F., H. Reuter and B. Breckling (eds.) Modelling Complex Ecological Dynamics- An Introduction into Ecological Modeling for Students, Teachers & Scientists. Springer-Verlag : Berlin, Heidelberg.

Trexler, J.C., D.L. DeAngelis, and J. Jiang. 2011. Community assembly and mode of reproduction: predicting the distribution of livebearing fishes, in Evans, J., A. Pilastro and I. Schlupp (eds.) Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes. University of Chicago Press : Chicago, IL.

DeAngelis, D.L., J.C. Trexler, and D.D. Donalson. 2010. Competition dynamics in a seasonally varying wetland, pp. 1-14 in Cantrell, S., C. Cosner and S. Ruan (eds.) Spatial Ecology. Chapman Hall/CRC Press : Boca Raton, FL.

Trexler, J.C., and D.L. DeAngelis. 2010. Modeling the evolution of complex reproductive adaptations in poeciliid fishes: Matrotrophy and superfetation, pp. 231-240 in Uribe, M.C. and H.J. Greer (eds.) Viviparous Fishes II. New Life Publications : Homestead, FL.

Trexler, J.C., and D.E. Busch. 2003. Monitoring, assessment, and ecoregional initiatives: a synthesis, pp. 405-424 in Busch, D.E. and J.C. Trexler (eds.) Monitoring Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives. Island Press : Washington, D.C..

Trexler, J.C., W.F. Loftus, and J. Chick. 2003. Setting and monitoring restoration goals in the absence of historical data: The case of fishes in the Florida Everglades, pp. 351-376 in Busch, D.E. and J.C. Trexler (eds.) Monitoring Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives. Island Press : Washington, D.C..
Journal Articles
Flood, P.J., W.F. Loftus, and J.C. Trexler. 2023. Fishes in a seasonally pulsed wetland show spatiotemporal shifts in diet and trophic niche but not shifts in trophic position. Food Webs 34: e00265.

Pintar, M.R., N.J. Dorn, J. Kline, and J.C. Trexler. 2023. Hydrology-mediated ecological function of a large wetland threatened by an invasive predator. Science of The Total Environment 857: 159245.

Ruehl, C., M.R. Pintar, and J.C. Trexler. 2022. Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland. Freshwater Science 41: 549-696.

Gatto, J., J. Kline, W.F. Loftus, and J.C. Trexler. 2021. Linking demographic transitions to population dynamics in a fluctuating environment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78: 797-808.

Pintar, M.R., J. Kline, and J.C. Trexler. 2021. The aquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of marshes in the Florida Everglades. Florida Entomologist 104: 307-319.

Flood, P.J., A. Duran, M. Barton, A.E. Mercado-Molina, and J.C. Trexler. 2020. Invasion impacts on functions and services of aquatic ecosystems. Hydrobiologia DOI: 10.1007/s10750-020-04211-3.

Gatto, J., and J.C. Trexler. 2020. Speed and directedness predict colonization sequence post-disturbance. Oecologia 193: 713-727.

Gatto, J., and J.C. Trexler. 2019. Seasonality of fish recruitment in a pulsed floodplain ecosystem: Estimation and hydrological controls. Environmental Biology of Fishes 102: 595-613.

Parkos, J.J.III, J. Kline, and J.C. Trexler. 2019. Signal from the noise: model-based interpretation of variable correspondence between active and passive samplers. Ecosphere 10: e02858.

Sanchez, J.L., H.D. Bracken-Grissom, and J.C. Trexler. 2019. Freshwater-to-marine transitions may explain the evolution of herbivory in the subgenus Mollienesia (genus Poecilia, mollies and guppies). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127: 742-761.

Sanchez, J.L., and J.C. Trexler. 2018. When is an herbivore not an herbivore? Detritivory facilitates herbivory in a freshwater system. Ecology and Evolution 8: 5977-5991.

Beerens, J.M., J.C. Trexler, and C.P. Catano. 2017. Predicting wading bird and aquatic faunal responses to ecosystem restoration scenarios. Restoration Ecology 25: S86-S98.

Botson, B.B., D.E. Gawlik, and J.C. Trexler. 2016. Mechanisms that generate resource pulses in a fluctuating wetland. PLoS ONE 11: e0158864.

Sanchez, J.L., and J.C. Trexler. 2016. The adaptive evolution of herbivory in freshwater systems. Ecosphere 7: e01414.

Venne, L.S., J.C. Trexler, and P.C. Frederick. 2016. Prescribed burn creates pulsed effects on a wetland aquatic community. Hydrobiologia 771: 281-295.

Yurek, S., D.L. DeAngelis, J.C. Trexler, J.A. Klassen, and L. Larsen. 2016. Persistence and diversity of directional landscape connectivity improves biomass pulsing in simulations of expanding and contracting wetlands. Ecological Complexity 28: 1-11.

Catano, C.P., S.S. Romanach, J.M. Beerens, L. Pearlstine, L.A. Brandt, K.M. Hart, F.J. Mazzotti, and J.C. Trexler. 2015. Using scenario planning to evaluate the impacts of climate change on wildlife populations and communities in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Management 55: 807-823.

Ruehl, C., and J.C. Trexler. 2015. Reciprocal transplant reveals trade-off of resource quality and predation risk in the field . Oecologia 179: 117-127.

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.

Goss, C., W.F. Loftus, and J.C. Trexler. 2014. Seasonal fish dispersal in ephemeral wetlands of the Florida Everglades. Wetlands 34: 147-157.

Harrison, E., J.C. Trexler, T.M. Collins, E. Vazquez-Dominguez, U. Razo-Mendivil, W.A. Matamoros, and C. Barrientos. 2014. Genetic evidence for multiple sources of the non-native fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther; Mayan Cichlids) in southern Florida. PLoS ONE 9: e104173.

Kline, J., W.F. Loftus, K. Kotun, J.C. Trexler, J.S. Rehage, J.J. Lorenz, and M. Robinson. 2014. Recent fish introductions into Everglades National Park: An unforeseen consequence of water management? Wetlands 34: 175-187.

Mukherjee, S., M.R. Heithaus, J.C. Trexler, J. Ray-Mukherjee, and J.J. Vaudo. 2014. Perceived risk of predation affects reproductive life-history traits in Gambusia holbrooki, but not in Heterandria formosa. PLoS ONE 9: e88832.

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.

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.

Apodaca, J.J., J.C. Trexler, N. Jue, M. Schrader, and J. Travis. 2013. Large-scale natural disturbance alters genetic population structure of the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. The American Naturalist 181: 254-263.

Banet, A.I., and J.C. Trexler. 2013. Space-for-time substitution works in Everglades ecological forecasting models. PLoS ONE 8: e81025.

Giacomini, H.C., D.L. DeAngelis, J.C. Trexler, and M. PetrereJr.. 2013. Trait contributions to fish community assembly emerge from trophic interactions in an individual-based model. Ecological Modelling 251: 32-43.

Harrison, E., J. Lorenz, and J.C. Trexler. 2013. Per capita effects of non-native Mayan Cichlids (Cichlasoma urophthalmus; Gunther) on native fish in the estuarine southern Everglades. Copeia 2013: 80-96.

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.

Ruehl, C., and J.C. Trexler. 2013. A suite of prey traits determine predator and nutrient enrichment effects in a tri-trophic food web. Ecosphere 4: 75.

Yurek, S., D.L. DeAngelis, J.C. Trexler, F. Jopp, and D.D. Donalson. 2013. Simulating mechanisms for dispersal, production and stranding of small forage fish in temporary wetland habitats. Ecological Modelling 250: 391-401.

Belicka, L., E.R. Sokol, J.M. Hoch, R. Jaffe, and J.C. Trexler. 2012. A molecular and stable isotopic approach to investigate the importance of algal and detrital energy pathways in a freshwater marsh. Wetlands 32: 531-542.

McElroy, T.C., K.L. Kandl, and J.C. Trexler. 2012. Temporal population genetic structure of Eastern Mosquitofish in a dynamic aquatic landscape. Journal of Heredity 102: 678-687.

Obaza, A., D.L. DeAngelis, and J.C. Trexler. 2011. Using data from an encounter sampler to model fish dispersal. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 495-513.

Parkos, J.J.III, C.R. RuetzIII, and J.C. Trexler. 2011. Disturbance regime and limits on benefits of refuge use for fishes in a fluctuating hydroscape. Oikos 120: 1519-1530.

Ruehl, C., and J.C. Trexler. 2011. Comparison of snail density, standing stock, and body size between Caribbean karst wetlands and other freshwater ecosystems. Hydrobiologia 665: 1-13.

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.

DeAngelis, D.L., J.C. Trexler, C. Cosner, A. Obaza, and F. Jopp. 2010. Fish population dynamics in a seasonally varying wetland. Ecological Modelling 221: 1131-1137.

Jopp, F., D.L. DeAngelis, and J.C. Trexler. 2010. Modeling seasonal dynamics of small fish cohorts in fluctuating freshwater marsh landscapes. Landscape Ecology 25: 1041-1054.

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.

Doren, R.F., J.C. Trexler, A.D. Gottlieb, and M. Harwell. 2009. Ecological indicators for system-wide assessment of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Program. Ecological Indicators 9: S2-S16.

Trexler, J.C., and C. Goss. 2009. Aquatic fauna as indicators for Everglades restoration: Applying dynamic targets in assessments. Ecological Indicators 9: S108-S119 .

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.

Liston, S.E., S. Newman, and J.C. Trexler. 2008. Macroinvertebrate community response to eutrophication in an oligotrophic wetland: An in situ mesocosm experiment. Wetlands 28: 686-694.

Dorn, N.J., and J.C. Trexler. 2007. Crayfish assemblage shifts in a large drought-prone wetland: the roles of hydrology and competition. Freshwater Biology 20: 113-115.

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.

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.

Green, D., J.C. Trexler, J.J. Lorenz, C.C. McIvor, and T.E. Philippi. 2006. Spatial patterns of fish communities along two estuarine gradients in southern Florida . Hydrobiologia 569: 387-399.

Rehage, J.S., and J.C. Trexler. 2006. Assessing the net effect of anthropogenic disturbance on aquatic communities in wetlands: Community structure relative to distance from canals. Hydrobiologia 569: 359-373.

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.

Williams, A.J., and J.C. Trexler. 2006. A preliminary analysis of the correlation of food-web characteristics with hydrology and nutrient gradients in the southern Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569: 493-504.

DeAngelis, D.L., J.C. Trexler, and W.F. Loftus. 2005. Life history trade-offs and community dynamics of small fishes in a seasonally pulsed wetland. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 781-790.

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.

Liston, S.E., and J.C. Trexler. 2005. Spatiotemporal patterns in community structure of macroinvertebrates inhabiting calcareous periphyton mats. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24: 832-844.

Trexler, J.C., W.F. Loftus, and S. Perry. 2005. Disturbance frequency and community structure in a twenty-five year intervention study. Oecologia 145: 140-152.

Chick, J., and J.C. Trexler. 2004. Spatial scale and abundance patterns of large fish communities in freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. Wetlands 24: 652-664.

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 (11)
FCE Datasets
Consumer Stocks: Fish, Vegetation, and other Non-physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA from February 2000 to April 2005
Creators: Trexler, Joel;

Consumer Stocks: Physical Data from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from February 1996 to April 2008
Creators: Trexler, Joel;

Consumer Stocks: Fish Biomass from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from February 2000 to April 2005
Creators: Trexler, Joel;

Consumer Stocks: Fish Biomass from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from February 1996 to March 2000
Creators: Trexler, Joel;

Consumer Stocks: Wet weights from Everglades National Park (FCE), South Florida from March 2003 to April 2008
Creators: Trexler, Joel;

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

Cichlasoma urophthalmus microsatellite fragment size collected from the Florida Everglades (FCE) and Central America from June 2010 to March 2013
Creators: Harrison, Elizabeth; Trexler, Joel;

Cichlasoma urophthalmus cytochrome b sequences collected from the Florida Everglades (FCE) and Central America from January 2012 to May 2014
Creators: Harrison, Elizabeth; Trexler, Joel;

Periphyton Nutritonal Data across the freshwater Everglades (FCE): June 2016-Feb 2017
Creators: Trexler, Joel; Sanchez, Jessica;

Throw trap and electrofishing data collected during 1996–2022 from the Everglades, Florida, United States for the publication "Hydrology-mediated ecological function of a large wetland threatened by an invasive predator"
Creators: Pintar, Matthew R; Dorn, Nathan J; Kline, Jeffrey L; Trexler, Joel C;

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: Gaiser, E., Kominoski, J., J.C. Trexler, L.J. Scinto
Funding organization: Everglades National Park
Time period: 01 Oct 2016 - 30 Sep 2022

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

DECOMP Physical Model: Biological responses to flow
Authors: Trexler, J.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Jan 2019 - 01 Jan 2021

Freshwater fish monitoring in Water Conservation Area 3 and Everglades National Park
Authors: Trexler, J.
Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
Time period: 01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jan 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

Impacts of recent fish invasions on native fish diets in the Shark River Slough
Authors: Trexler, J.
Funding organization: National Park Service - Department of the Interior
Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 01 Jan 2020

Investigation of the effects of abundant faunal species on phosphorus cycling in the Everglades Storm Water Treatment Areas (STAs)
Authors: Trexler, J.
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 01 Jan 2020

Recent FCE Presentations
Flood, P.J., B.A. Strickland, J. Kline, W.F. Loftus, and J.C. Trexler. 2022. Fish invasions restructure aquatic food webs and trophic dynamics. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2022, Montreal, Canada, August 18, 2022.

Gaiser, E.E., J.C. Trexler, J. Kline, F. Tobias, and G. Kamener. 2022. Restoring connectivity while maintaining oligotrophy: Long-term signals of legacy nutrient spiraling and recovery in wetland algal mats. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 20, 2022.

Flood, P.J., W.F. Loftus, and J.C. Trexler. 2022. Fishes show spatiotemporal shifts in diet and trophic niche not associated with shifts in trophic position . Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 16, 2022.

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