Tiffany Troxler
Director, Sea-level Solutions Center, Florida International University
Miami Beach Urban Studios
Florida International University
420 Lincoln Rd, Ste 440
Miami Beach, FL 33130
Titles
- Director, Sea-level Solutions Center, Florida International University
Biography
Tiffany Troxler, Director of the Sea level Solutions Center, is a research scientist with appointments in the Southeast Environmental Research Center and Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University. Her research focus is wetland ecosystems ecology. Her research employs approaches that include landscape- to local-scale hydrological monitoring of surface and groundwater water quality and ecosystem responses to environmental change. Her research informs management and restoration of coastal and freshwater wetland ecosystems. She currently leads a collaborative effort that will examine the effects of salinity inundation associated with sea-level rise on soil carbon balance in Everglades coastal wetlands.
Journal Articles
2023
Smith, M. A., J. S. Kominoski, R. M. Price, O. I. Abdul-Aziz and T. G. Troxler. 2023. Linking Seasonal Changes in Organic Matter Composition and Nutrients to Shifting Hydraulic Gradients in Coastal Urban Canals. Water Resources Research 59(2):e2022WR033334. DOI: 10.1029/2022WR033334. (link )
2022
Friedman, E., W. Solecki, T. G. Troxler and Z. Paganini. 2022. Linking Quality of Life and Climate Change Adaptation Through the Use of the Macro-Adaptation Resilience Toolkit. SSRN (link )
McPhearson, P. T., E. M. Cook, M. Berbés-Blázquez, C. Cheng, N. B. Grimm, E. Andersson, O. Barbosa, D. G. Chandler, H. Chang, M. V. Chester, D. L. Childers, S. R. Elser, N. Frantzeskaki, Z. J. Grabowski, P. M. Groffman, R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec, N. Kabisch, C. Kennedy, S. A. Markolf, M. Matsler, L. McPhillips, T. R. Miller, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, E. J. Rosi and T. G. Troxler. 2022. A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services. One Earth 5(5):505-518. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007. (link )
2021
Chang, H., A. Pallathadka, J. Sauer, N. Grimm, R. Zimmerman, C. Cheng, D. M. Iwaniec, Y. Kim, R. Lloyd, P. T. McPhearson, B. Rosenzweig, T. Troxler, C. Welty, R. Brenner and P. Herreros-Cantis. 2021. Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities. Sustainable Cities and Society 68(May):102786. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102786. (link )
Smith, M. A., J. S. Kominoski, E. E. Gaiser, R. M. Price and T. G. Troxler. 2021. Stormwater runoff and tidal flooding transform dissolved organic matter composition and increase bioavailability in urban coastal ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126(7):. DOI: 10.1029/2020JG006146. (link )
Troxler, T. G., A. C. Clement, Y. Arditi-Rocha, G. Beesing, M. Bhat, J. Bolson, C. Cabán-Alemán, K. Castillo, O. Collins, M. Cruz, A. Dodd, S. D. Evans, A. L. Fleming, C. Genatios, J. Gilbert, A. Hernandez, C. Holder, M. Ilcheva, E. Kelly, A. Leon, J. Lombard, K. J. Mach, D. Moanga, J. F. Murley, A. Knowles, J. Obeysekera, L. Parra, J. Posner, A. Sarwat, R. Silverstein, J. A. Stuart, M. C. Sukop, S. Wdowinski and E. Wheaton. 2021. A System for Resilience Learning: Developing a Community-Driven, Multi-Sector Research Approach for Greater Preparedness and Resilience to Long-Term Climate Stressors and Extreme Events in the Miami Metropolitan Region. Journal of Extreme Events 8(3):2150019. DOI: 10.1142/S2345737621500196. (link )
2015
Troxler, T. G., J. G. Barr, J. D. Fuentes, V. Engel, G. Anderson, C. A. Sanchez, D. Lagomasino, R. Price and S. E. Davis. 2015. Component-specific dynamics of riverine mangrove CO2 efflux in the Florida coastal Everglades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213(Nov):273-282. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.12.012. (link )
2014
Troxler, T. G., D. L. Childers and C. J. Madden. 2014. Drivers of decadal-scale change in the structure and function of southern Everglades wetland macrophyte communities. Wetlands 34(1 Supple.):81-90. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0446-5. (link )
2013
Troxler, T. G., E. Gaiser, J. Barr, J. D. Fuentes, R. Jaffe, D. L. Childers, L. Collado-Vides, V. H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castaneda-Moya, W. Anderson, R. Chambers, M. Chen, C. Coronado-Molina, S. E. Davis, V. Engel, C. Fitz, J. Fourqurean, T. Frankovich, J. S. Kominoski, C. Madden, S. L. Malone, S. F. Oberbauer, P. Olivas, J. Richards, C. J. Saunders, J. Schedlbauer, L. J. Scinto, F. H. Sklar, T. Smith, J. M. Smoak, G. Starr, R. R. Twilley and K. R. Whelan. 2013. Integrated carbon budget models for the Everglades terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient: Current status and needs for inter-site comparisons. Oceanography 26(3):98-107. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.51. (link )
2012
Elmendorf, S. C., G. H. Henry, R. D. Hollister, R. G. Björk, A. D. Bjorkman, T. V. Callaghan, L. Siegwart Collier, E. J. Cooper, J. H. Cornelissen, T. A. Day, A. Fosaa, W. A. Gould, J. Grétarsdóttir, J. Harte, L. Hermanutz, D. S. Hik, A. Hofgaard, F. Jarrad, I. Svala Jónsdóttir, F. Keuper, K. Klanderud, J. A. Klein, S. Koh, G. Kudo, S. I. Lang, V. Loewen, J. L. May, J. Mercado, A. Michelsen, U. Molau, I. H. Myers-Smith, S. F. Oberbauer, S. Pieper, E. Post, C. Rixen, C. H. Robinson, N. Martin Schmidt, G. R. Shaver, A. Stenström, A. Tolvanen, O. Totland, T. G. Troxler, C. Wahren, P. J. Webber, J. M. Welker and P. A. Wookey. 2012. Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: Heterogeneity over space and time. Ecology Letters 15(2):164-175. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01716.x. (link )
Elmendorf, S. C., G. H. Henry, R. D. Hollister, R. G. Björk, N. Boulanger-Lapointe, E. J. Cooper, J. H. Cornelissen, T. A. Day, E. Dorrepaal, T. G. Elumeeva, M. Gill, W. A. Gould, J. Harte, D. S. Hik, A. Hofgaard, D. R. Johnson, J. F. Johnstone, I. Svala Jónsdóttir, J. C. Jorgenson, K. Klanderud, J. A. Klein, S. Koh, G. Kudo, M. Lara, E. Levesque, B. Magnusson, J. L. May, J. A. Mercado-Di'az, A. Michelsen, U. Molau, I. H. Myers-Smith, S. F. Oberbauer, V. G. Onipchenko, C. Rixen, N. Martin Schmidt, G. R. Shaver, M. J. Spasojevic, T. E. Thórhallsdóttir, A. Tolvanen, T. G. Troxler, C. E. Tweedle, S. Villareal, C. Wahren, X. Walker, P. J. Webber, J. M. Welker and S. Wipf. 2012. Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming. Nature Climate Change 2:453-457. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1465. (link )
Troxler, T. G., M. Ikenaga, L. J. Scinto, J. N. Boyer, R. Condit, R. Perez, G. D. Gann and D. L. Childers. 2012. Patterns of soil bacteria and canopy community structure related to tropical peatland development. Wetlands 32:769-782. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0310-z. (link )
2011
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., R. R. Twilley, S. E. Davis III, D. L. Childers, M. Simard, R. Chambers, R. Jaffe, J. N. Boyer, D. T. Rudnick, K. Zhang, E. Castaneda-Moya, S. M. Ewe, R. M. Price, C. Coronado-Molina, M. Ross, T. J. Smith III, B. Michot, E. Meselher, W. Nuttle, T. G. Troxler and G. B. Noe. 2011. The role of the Everglades Mangrove Ecotone Region (EMER) in regulating nutrient cycling and wetland productivity in south Florida. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41(S1):633-669. DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.530907. (link )
2010
Troxler, T. G. and D. L. Childers. 2010. Biogeochemical contributions of tree islands to Everglades wetland landscape nitrogen cycling during seasonal inundation. Ecosystems 13:75-89. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9302-0. (link )
2009
Troxler, T. G. and D. L. Childers. 2009. Litter decomposition promotes differential feedbacks in an oligotrophic southern Everglades wetland. Plant Ecology 200:69-82. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9405-2. (link )
Wetzel, P. R., A. G. van der Valk, S. Newman, C. A. Coronado, T. G. Troxler, D. L. Childers, W. H. Orem and F. H. Sklar. 2009. Heterogeneity of phosphorus distribution in a patterned landscape, the Florida Everglades. Plant Ecology 200:83-90. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9449-3. (link )
2006
Troxler-Gann, T. and D. L. Childers. 2006. Relationships between hydrology and soils describe vegetation patterns in seasonally flooded tree islands of the southern Everglades, Florida. Plant and Soil 279(1-2):271-286. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2362-9. (link )
2005
Anderson, W. T., L. S. Sternberg, M. C. Pinzon, T. G. Gann-Troxler, D. L. Childers and M. Duever. 2005. Carbon isotopic composition of cypress trees from South Florida and changing hydrologic conditions. Dendrochronologia 23(1):1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2005.07.006. (link )
Troxler Gann, T. G., D. L. Childers and D. N. Rondeau. 2005. Ecosystem structure, nutrient dynamics, and hydrologic relationships in tree islands of the southern Everglades, Florida, USA. Foreste Ecology and Management 214(1-3):11-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.065. (link )
Wetzel, P. R., A. G. van der Valk, S. Newman, D. E. Gawlik, T. Troxler-Gann, C. A. Coronado-Molina, D. L. Childers and F. H. Sklar. 2005. Maintaining tree islands in the Florida Everglades: Nutrient redistribution is the key. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3(7):370-376. DOI: 10.2307/3868586. (link )
Book Chapters
2022
Troxler, T. G. and J. Gilbert. 2022. Co-evolution of resilience initiatives toward a resilience collaboration. Collaborating for Climate Equity: Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships in the Americas. Routledge. ISBN: 9781032077741. (link )
Posters
2018
Hobbins, R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2018. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Poster presented at the National Center for Atmospheric Research BRIGHTE GIS Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Visualization Workshop, Boulder, CO.
Hobbins, R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2018. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Poster presented at the Institute for Social Science Research Poster Competition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2017
Smith, M., J. S. Kominoski, E. E. Gaiser, T. G. Troxler, K. Grove, R. Roy Chowdhury and M. Healy. 2017. Understanding variation in water sources to urban flooding in low-lying coastal regions. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.
2012
Sanchez, C. A., T. G. Troxler and J. Barr. 2012. Variations in CO2 efflux from a riverine mangrove forest as related to tidal, salinity, and temperature dynamics. Poster presented at the 2012 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting, 15-16 March, 2016, Miami. FL. (link )
Presentations
2020
Grimm, N. B., M. Berbés-Blázquez, H. Chang, E. M. Cook, S. R. Elser, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, A. Pallathadka, J. Sauer and T. G. Troxler. 2020. A SETS approach to understanding urban ecosystem (E) vulnerability and providing nature-based solutions for urban resilience in cities. Presentation at the Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution, 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 20202, Virtual. (link )
2019
Hobbins, R. J., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2019. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Presentation at the National Center for Atmospheric Research BRIGHTE GIS Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Visualization Workshop, July 16-18, 2019, Boulder, CO.
Smith, M. A., J. S. Kominoski, E. E. Gaiser, T. G. Troxler and O. Barbosa. 2019. Quantifying the nutrient removal capacity of wetlands along a gradient of urbanization. Presentation at the 2019 FIU BioSymposium, March 28, 2019, Miami, FL.
Smith, M., J. Kominoski, E. Gaiser, T. G. Troxler, O. Barbosa and N. Grimm. 2019. A comparison of nutrient uptake dynamics in urban wetlands across different climates. Presentation at the ESAUSSEE 2019, August 11-16, 2019, Louisville, KY. (link )
2018
Smith, M., J. S. Kominoski, E. E. Gaiser and T. G. Troxler. 2018. Th urban flood pulse concept: Effects of extreme tides and runoff on biogeochemical cycling in urban river networks. Presentation at the 3rd Annual UREx All Hands Meeting, March 19-21, 2018, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2017
Troxler, T. G., P. T. McPhearson, M. Smith, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, C. Salazar, M. Nepomechie, T. Spiegelhalter, B. Rosenzweig, E. E. Gaiser, J. S. Kominoski, K. Grove and R. Roy Chowdhury. 2017. Socio-ecological-technological system approaches for coastal urban resilience to extreme flooding. Presentation at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. Invited Symposium: Coastal Ecosystem Design: Integrating design thinking to envision future coasts,
2016
Troxler, T. G. 2016. Collaborative research through the Sea Level Solution Center. Presentation at the Knight Foundation Meeting, Miami, Florida.
2015
Troxler, T. G. 2015. Urban resilience to extreme events: UREx Sustainability Research Network. Presentation at the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy.