Kominoski, John
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Overview
overview
- Dr. John Kominoski is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University (Miami, Florida, USA). He is an ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist who studies how changes in water chemistry (elevated dissolved nutrients, saltwater intrusion) affect the rates of organic matter processes and the net effects on carbon storage in terrestrial, aquatic, and coastal wetland ecosystems. He is also the lead PI of the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Program for which he leads research projects investigating: 1) wet and dry season dynamics on aquatic ecosystem metabolism as driven by water column depth and flocculent organic matter, 2) subsidy-stress effects of saltwater intrusion on wetland soil ecosystems, and 3) long-term interactive effects of storm-induced phosphorus loading and drought on ecosystem productivity and nutrient dynamics spanning freshwater, brackish, and marine wetlands.
research interests
- Dr. Kominoski's research group explores various scales of organic matter processing along gradients of environmental drivers within and among ecosystems, testing two main questions: How does spatial and temporal availability of organic matter and nutrients drive autotrophic, heterotrophic, and net ecosystem productivity? How do abiotic and biotic drivers and responses to environmental changes affect ecosystem functions, specifically the loss, storage, and movement of carbon (energy) within and among ecosystems?
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2022Long-term ecological research and the COVID-19 anthropause: A window to understanding social-ecological disturbanceFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4019 Web of Science: 000779473400001
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2022A hurricane alters the relationship between mangrove cover and marine subsidiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3662 Web of Science: 000770935600001
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2022A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclonesFull Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl9155 Web of Science: 000763326600013
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2022Coastal carbon processing rates increase with mangrove cover following a hurricane in Texas, USAFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4007 Web of Science: 000776290300033
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2022Rescaling Biology: Increasing Integration Across Biological Scales and Subdisciplines to Enhance Understanding and PredictionFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab191 Web of Science: 000755202100005
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2022Water Column Microbial Communities Vary along Salinity Gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020215 Web of Science: 000824089500001
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2021Understanding drivers of aquatic ecosystem metabolism in freshwater subtropical ridge and slough wetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3849 Web of Science: 000735437600001
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2021Saltwater and nutrient legacies reduce net ecosystem carbon storage despite freshwater restoration: insights from experimental wetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/rec.13524 Web of Science: 000692852700001
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2021Buried hurricane legacies: increased nutrient limitation and decreased root biomass in coastal wetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3674 Web of Science: 000689453800016
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2021Saltwater and phosphorus drive unique soil biogeochemical processes in freshwater and brackish wetland mesocosmsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3704 Web of Science: 000689453800032
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2021Integrating Aquatic Metabolism and Net Ecosystem CO2 Balance in Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Subtropical Freshwater WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00672-2 Web of Science: 000679323500001
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2021Fire Severity and Post-fire Hydrology Drive Nutrient Cycling and Plant Community Recovery in Intermittent WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00653-5 Web of Science: 000664405600002
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2021Prescribed Fires inside Everglades National Park (Florida, United States)Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1872
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2021Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USAFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3309 Web of Science: 000628333100001
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2021Interactive effects of hydrology and fire drive differential biogeochemical legacies in subtropical wetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3408 Web of Science: 000636318200044
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2020Carbonate-Associated Organic Matter Is a Detectable Dissolved Organic Matter Source in a Subtropical Seagrass MeadowFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.580284 Web of Science: 000592000200001
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2020Resistance to Hurricane Effects Varies Among Wetland Vegetation Types in the Marsh-Mangrove EcotoneFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00577-3 Web of Science: 000537511500003
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2020A Research Framework to Integrate Cross-Ecosystem Responses to Tropical CyclonesFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa034 Web of Science: 000542039600010
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2020Transport of N and P in US streams and rivers differs with land use and between dissolved and particulate formsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/eap.2130 Web of Science: 000530150700001
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2020A System Level Analysis of Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Hurricane ImpactsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00690-3 Web of Science: 000532143700001
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2020Disturbance legacies increase and synchronize nutrient concentrations and bacterial productivity in coastal ecosystemsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2988 Web of Science: 000521806700001
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2020Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA)Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1908597117 Web of Science: 000518473500057
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2020Effects of Saltwater Pulses on Soil Microbial Enzymes and Organic Matter Breakdown in Freshwater and Brackish Coastal WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00708-1 Web of Science: 000516242300001
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2020Periphyton as an indicator of saltwater intrusion into freshwater wetlands: insights from experimental manipulationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/eap.2067 Web of Science: 000514013300001
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2020Long-Term Ecological Research and Evolving Frameworks of Disturbance EcologyFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz162 Web of Science: 000518528700012
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2020Percentile-Range Indexed Mapping and Evaluation (PRIME): A new tool for long-term data discovery and applicationFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104580 Web of Science: 000510853300020
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2020Quantifying how changing mangrove cover affects ecosystem carbon storage in coastal wetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2916 Web of Science: 000513811400005
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2019Experimental Saltwater Intrusion Drives Rapid Soil Elevation and Carbon Loss in Freshwater and Brackish Everglades MarshesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00620-3 Web of Science: 000489866500012
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2019Plant phylogenetic history explains in-stream decomposition at a global scaleFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13262 Web of Science: 000482092400001
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2019Phosphorus alleviation of salinity stress: effects of saltwater intrusion on an Everglades freshwater peat marshFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2672 Web of Science: 000477642200009
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2019The Invisible Flood: The Chemistry, Ecology, and Social Implications of Coastal Saltwater IntrusionFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz027 Web of Science: 000469493500011
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2019Effects of Nutrient-Limitation on Disturbance Recovery in Experimental Mangrove WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-018-1100-z Web of Science: 000466512100012
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2018Declines in Plant Productivity Drive Carbon Loss from Brackish Coastal Wetland Mesocosms Exposed to Saltwater IntrusionFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-018-0438-z Web of Science: 000448508400001
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2018Salinity pulses interact with seasonal dry-down to increase ecosystem carbon loss in marshes of the Florida EvergladesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/eap.1798 Web of Science: 000451913200013
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2018Functional and Compositional Responses of Periphyton Mats to Simulated Saltwater Intrusion in the Southern EvergladesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-018-0415-6 Web of Science: 000445240600018
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2018Advancing Theories of Ecosystem Development through Long-Term Ecological ResearchFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy070 Web of Science: 000440982400004
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2018Continental-scale decrease in net primary productivity in streams due to climate warmingFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0125-5 Web of Science: 000433901600014
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2018Episodic disturbances drive nutrient dynamics along freshwater-to-estuary gradients in a subtropical wetlandFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2296 Web of Science: 000439997600017
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2018Patterns and drivers of fish extirpations in rivers of the American Southwest and SoutheastFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13940 Web of Science: 000425396700026
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2018Short-Term Effects of Drying-Rewetting and Long-Term Effects of Nutrient Loading on Periphyton N:P StoichiometryFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/w10020105 Web of Science: 000426775500015
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2018Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus additions increase rates of stream ecosystem respiration and carbon lossFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/lno.10610 Web of Science: 000423029300002
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2018Nutrients and temperature additively increase stream microbial respirationFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13906 Web of Science: 000426506100019
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2017Global synthesis of the temperature sensitivity of leaf litter breakdown in streams and riversFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13609 Web of Science: 000404863300011
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2017Synthesis of public water supply use in the United States: Spatio-temporal patterns and socio-economic controlsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000511 Web of Science: 000407785600010
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2017Coastal regime shifts: rapid responses of coastal wetlands to changes in mangrove coverFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1698 Web of Science: 000395824000017
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2016Convergence of detrital stoichiometry predicts thresholds of nutrient-stimulated breakdown in streamsFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/15-1217.1 Web of Science: 000383358000012
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2016Baseflow physical characteristics differ at multiple spatial scales in stream networks across diverse biomesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0289-y Web of Science: 000367598200010
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2015Detrital stoichiometry as a critical nexus for the effects of streamwater nutrients on leaf litter breakdown ratesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/14-1582.1 Web of Science: 000358454500019
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2015Low-to-moderate nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations accelerate microbially driven litter breakdown ratesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/14-1113.1 Web of Science: 000351849700024
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2015Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystemsFull Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa1958 Web of Science: 000350354200054
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2014Leaf-litter leachate and light interactively enhance accrual of stream biofilmsFull Text via DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2014/0602 Web of Science: 000340577100004
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2014Improving the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in ecology by expanding measures of successFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/120370 Web of Science: 000335370600006
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2014Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scalesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/130017 Web of Science: 000335370600002
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2013Forecasting functional implications of global changes in riparian plant communitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/120056 Web of Science: 000325148500007
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2012Invertebrate feeding and emergence timing vary among streams along a gradient of riparian forest compositionFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02740.x Web of Science: 000301227000011
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2011Experimental shading alters leaf litter breakdown in streams of contrasting riparian canopy coverFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02637.x Web of Science: 000295013800010
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2011Salmon carcasses alter leaf litter species diversity effects on in-stream decompositionFull Text via DOI: 10.1139/F2011-082 Web of Science: 000296033800015
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2011Incubation time, functional litter diversity, and habitat characteristics predict litter-mixing effects on decompositionFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/10-0315.1 Web of Science: 000289552200018
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2011Riparian forest composition affects stream litter decomposition despite similar microbial and invertebrate communitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/10-0028.1 Web of Science: 000289552200017
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2010Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac DesertFull Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009734108 Web of Science: 000285521500011
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2010Direct and Terrestrial Vegetation-mediated Effects of Environmental Change on Aquatic Ecosystem ProcessesFull Text via DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.8.5 Web of Science: 000281299400005
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2010Non-additive effects of litter mixing are suppressed in a nutrient-enriched streamFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17904.x Web of Science: 000275557500015
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2010BEYOND SPECIES RICHNESS: EXPANDING BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING THEORY IN DETRITUS-BASED STREAMSFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/rra.1285 Web of Science: 000274310500008
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2009Resource-consumer diversity: testing the effects of leaf litter species diversity on stream macroinvertebrate communitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02196.x Web of Science: 000266637400006
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2009Does mixing litter of different qualities alter stream microbial diversity and functioning on individual litter species?Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17222.x Web of Science: 000263967000016
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2007Elevated CO2 alters leaf-litter-derived dissolved organic carbon: effects on stream periphyton and crayfish feeding preferenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1899/07-002.1 Web of Science: 000250645500007
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2007Nonadditive effects of leaf litter species diversity on breakdown dynamics in a detritus-based streamFull Text via DOI: 10.1890/06-0674 Web of Science: 000246369900012
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Book Chapter
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2015The role of periphyton mats in consumer community structure and function in calcareous wetlands: Lessons from the everglades. 155-179.Full Text via DOI: 10.1201/b18253
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2012Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function of DecompositionFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0023601
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Conference
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2018
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Other Scholarly Work
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2019The Invisible Flood: The Chemistry, Ecology, and Social Implications of Coastal Saltwater Intrusion (vol 69, pg 368, 2019). 760-760.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz083 Web of Science: 000493317500008
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2012Invertebrate feeding and emergence timing vary among streams along a gradient of riparian forest composition (vol 57, pg 759, 2012). 1532-1534.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02814.x Web of Science: 000305000700018
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2010Can ecological stoichiometry help explain patterns of biological invasions? (vol 119, pg 779, 2010). 1056-1056.Web of Science: 000278036500018
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2010Functional leaf traits and biodiversity effects on litter decomposition in a stream: comment. 1867-U24.Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658-91.6.1867 Web of Science: 000278859700031
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Preprint
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2021Salinity reduces coastal marsh respiration more than photosynthesisFull Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-880205/v1
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Review
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2018Defining Extreme Events: A Cross-Disciplinary Review. 441-455.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2017EF000686 Web of Science: 000430171600011
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2017Bridging Food Webs, Ecosystem Metabolism, and Biogeochemistry Using Ecological Stoichiometry TheoryFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01298 Web of Science: 000406153000003
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2013Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change. 327-348.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/brv.12002 Web of Science: 000317067900005
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2010Can ecological stoichiometry help explain patterns of biological invasions?. 779-790.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18549.x Web of Science: 000276936000005
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Charles, Sean Patrick, Saltwater Intrusion and Vegetation Shifts Drive Changes in Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetlands 2018
- Servais, Shelby M, Changes in Soil Microbial Functioning in Coastal Wetlands Exposed to Environmental Stressors and Subsidies 2018
advised honors theses
Research
principal investigator on
- 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 awarded by National Park Service 2021 - 2026
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2025
- Research Coordination Network for Hurricane Ecosystem Response Synthesis (RCN-HERS) awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
- Collaborative Research: Scales and drivers of variability in dissolved organic carbon across diverse urban watersheds awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
- Understanding seagrass inputs on the mangrove soil elevation in Biscayne National Park awarded by National Park Service 2021 - 2023
- Investigate sediment and floc transport of phosphorus at S333 gated structure on the northern boundary of Everglades National Park awarded by National Park Service 2020 - 2022
- Quantifying how variability in hydroperiod and fire mediate plant-soil biogeochemical cycling and productivity in boundary wetlands of everglades national park awarded by National Park Service 2018 - 2022
- 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 awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2022
- CESU - Dredging Impacts on Sediment and Phosphorus Mobilization at the Northern Boundary of Everglades National Park awarded by National Park Service 2020 - 2022
- The effects of shifting coastal wetland plant communities on the restoration of food webs that support coastal living resources awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2018 - 2022
- Ecosystem Responses to Hurricanes Synthesis Workshop awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2020
- Collaborative Research: Do mangroves provide better coastal protection than salt marshes? A Hurricane Harvey case study from Port Aransas, Texas, USA awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Sea level rise, vegetation regime shifts: implications for soil carbon storage and resilience in Everglades coastal wetlands awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- Collaborative Research: Scale, Consumers and Lotic Ecosystem Rates (SCALER): awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2017
- WSC- Category 3: Collaborative Research: Water Sustainability under Near-term Climate Change: A Cross-Regional Analysis Incorporating Socio-Ecological Feedbacks and Adaptations awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2017
co-principal investigator on
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2025
- Hurricane Irma effects on Florida Everglades Mangroves: Assessment of Resilience and Trajectories of Recovery awarded by National Park Service 2020 - 2022
- LTER: Drivers of Abrupt Change in the Florida Coastal Everglades awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- Urban resilience to climate change-driven extreme events awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2022
- Effects of sea-level rise on coastal Everglades and assessments of landscape vulnerability for management. awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2018 - 2021
- RAPID: HURRICANE IRMA: How do ecosystem perturbations interact to influence long-term resilience mechanisms? awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019
- LTER: FCE LTER III - Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2019
- Mechanisms of peat collapse in Everglades coastal ecosystems: Phase II salinity manipulations and sediment elevation change awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2016 - 2018
- Effects of saltwater intrusion on Everglades peat soil awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2014 - 2016
subproject principal investigator on
- LTER: Drivers of Abrupt Change in the Florida Coastal Everglades awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- LTER: FCE LTER III - Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2019
Contact
full name
- John Kominoski
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-3326 (confirmed)
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