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46
Citations
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4706
National Ranking
1635

Overview

John S. Kominoski is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on ecology and oceanography.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including ecology, oceanography, environmental chemistry, earth-surface processes, and global and planetary change. Their research topics include coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, soil and water nutrient dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, fire effects on ecosystems, and marine and coastal plant biology.

John S. Kominoski has published extensively across several publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Ecosphere
  • Ecology
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Ecosystems
  • Restoration Ecology

The scientist has worked collaboratively with co-authors such as Evelyn E. Gaiser, Sudeep Chandra, Walter K. Dodds, Julie C. Zinnert, and Jessica Gurevitch, each with multiple joint publications.

Recent papers by John S. Kominoski include:

  • Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA), 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene, 2022, PNAS Nexus
  • Experimental nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment stimulates multiple trophic levels of algal and detrital-based food webs: a global meta-analysis from streams and rivers, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Transport of N and P in U.S. streams and rivers differs with land use and between dissolved and particulate forms, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Stormwater Runoff and Tidal Flooding Transform Dissolved Organic Matter Composition and Increase Bioavailability in Urban Coastal Ecosystems, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

    James B. Heffernan;James B. Heffernan;Patricia A. Soranno;Patricia A. Soranno;Michael J. Angilletta;Michael J. Angilletta;Lauren B. Buckley;Lauren B. Buckley

  • Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change

    Chelse M. Prather;Chelse M. Prather;Shannon L. Pelini;Shannon L. Pelini;Angela Laws;Emily Rivest

  • Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystems

    Amy D. Rosemond;Jonathan P. Benstead;Phillip M. Bumpers;Vladislav Gulis

  • The Invisible Flood: The Chemistry, Ecology, and Social Implications of Coastal Saltwater Intrusion

    Kate Tully;Keryn Gedan;Rebecca Epanchin-Niell;Aaron Strong

  • Can ecological stoichiometry help explain patterns of biological invasions

    Angélica L. González;John S. Kominoski;Michael Danger;Seiji Ishida

  • Improving the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in ecology by expanding measures of success

    Simon J Goring;Kathleen C Weathers;Walter K Dodds;Patricia A Soranno

  • Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert.

    John L. Sabo;Tushar Sinha;Tushar Sinha;Laura C. Bowling;Gerrit H. W. Schoups

  • Incubation time, functional litter diversity, and habitat characteristics predict litter‐mixing effects on decomposition

    Antoine Lecerf;Guillaume Marie;John S. Kominoski;Carri J. LeRoy

  • Nonadditive effects of leaf litter species diversity on breakdown dynamics in a detritus-based stream.

    J. S. Kominoski;C. M. Pringle;B. A. Ball;M. A. Bradford

  • Forecasting functional implications of global changes in riparian plant communities

    John S Kominoski;John S Kominoski;Jennifer J Follstad Shah;Jennifer J Follstad Shah;Cristina Canhoto;Dylan G Fischer

  • Continental-scale decrease in net primary productivity in streams due to climate warming

    Chao Song;Walter K. Dodds;Janine Rüegg;Janine Rüegg;Alba Argerich;Alba Argerich

  • Consequences of non‐random species loss for decomposition dynamics: experimental evidence for additive and non‐additive effects

    Becky A. Ball;Mark D. Hunter;John S. Kominoski;Christopher M. Swan

  • Riparian forest composition affects stream litter decomposition despite similar microbial and invertebrate communities.

    John S. Kominoski;Laurie B. Marczak;Laurie B. Marczak;John S. Richardson

  • Global synthesis of the temperature sensitivity of leaf litter breakdown in streams and rivers

    Jennifer J. Follstad Shah;Jennifer J. Follstad Shah;John S. Kominoski;Marcelo Ardón;Walter K. Dodds

  • Conservation from the bottom up: forecasting effects of global change on dynamics of organic matter and management needs for river networks

    John S. Kominoski;Amy D. Rosemond

  • Does mixing litter of different qualities alter stream microbial diversity and functioning on individual litter species

    John S. Kominoski;Timothy J. Hoellein;John J. Kelly;Catherine M. Pringle

  • Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA).

    Edward Castañeda-Moya;Victor H Rivera-Monroy;Randolph M Chambers;Xiaochen Zhao

  • Coastal regime shifts: Rapid responses of coastal wetlands to changes in mangrove cover

    Hongyu Guo;Hongyu Guo;Carolyn Weaver;Sean P. Charles;Ashley Whitt

  • Bridging food webs, ecosystem metabolism, and biogeochemistry using ecological stoichiometry theory

    Nina Welti;Nina Welti;Maren Striebel;Amber J. Ulseth;Wyatt F. Cross

  • Low‐to‐moderate nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations accelerate microbially driven litter breakdown rates

    John S. Kominoski;Amy D. Rosemond;Jonathan P. Benstead;Vladislav Gulis

Frequent Co-Authors

Evelyn E. Gaiser
Evelyn E. Gaiser Florida International University
Tiffany G. Troxler
Tiffany G. Troxler Florida International University
Amy D. Rosemond
Amy D. Rosemond University of Georgia
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Steven C. Pennings
Steven C. Pennings University of Houston
Fred H. Sklar
Fred H. Sklar South Florida Water Management District
Jonathan P. Benstead
Jonathan P. Benstead University of Alabama
Christopher M. Swan
Christopher M. Swan University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia

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