Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
 

Curriculum Vitae

John A. Arnone III

Associate Research Professor

Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Right: Dr. Arnone and crew working on one of the elevated CO2 rings at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.
Arnone and crew image

2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, Nevada 89512-1095 USA
Email: Jay.Arnone@dri.edu

Tel: (775) 673-7445
Fax: (775) 673-7485

Education and Degrees

Ph.D. 1984-1988 Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Plant Physiological Ecology
M.Phil. 1985 Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Tree Physiology / Plant Physiological Ecology
M.F.S. 1979-1981 Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Tree Physiology / Plant Physiological Ecology
B.S. 1975-1979 University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources Forestry / Forest Science

Academic and Research Positions

2000-present Associate Research Professor, (Plant and Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecologist) Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute; Graduate Program in Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada Reno
1999-2002 Director, Frits Went Laboratory; Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
1998-2000 Assistant Research Professor, (Plant and Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecologist) Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute; Graduate Program in Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada Reno
1994-1998 Assistant Professor, University of Basel, Switzerland (non-tenure track)
1990-1993 Postdoc, University of Basel, Switzerland. Project leader for several studies on the long-term effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on plant community ecology, ecophysiology and ecosystem function.  See teaching responsibilities below. [Prof. Ch. Körner]
1988-1990 Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University [Profs. J. Gordon, D. Baker]
1984-1988 Doctoral Research Assistant, Yale University [Prof. J. Gordon]
1981-1982 Research Assistant, University of Munich [Prof. P. Schütt]
1980-1981 Research Assistant, Harvard Forest (Master's Thesis) [Prof. C. Schwintzer]
1979-1980 Research Assistant, Yale University [Prof. G. Berlyn]
1979-1980 Consulting Forester, Town of Wallingford, Connecticut [Dr. P. Wargo]
Summer 1979 Research Technician, USDA-Forest Service, Northeastern Station, Insect and Disease Laboratory [Dr. H. Valentine]
Summers 1978, 1976 Research Assistant, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Ecology and Climatology [Drs. D. Aylor, G. Stephens]

Teaching Experience

DRI and UNR
2000-2005 Mentor/Collaborator for Nevada high school and middle school science teachers in conjunction with the NSF-funded IRCEB project (see Research Grants below)
1998-present Major Professor/Mentor of 1 Ph.D. student, 3 M.S. students, and 7 undergraduate interns from within and outside the University and Community College System of Nevada

University of Basel (All courses and lectures taught in German)
1997-1998 Lecturer; Ecology of Plant Nutrition, extension of the basic principles of plant nutrition to the ecology (structure and function) of plant communities and ecosystems
1991-1997

Field Course in Plant & Ecosystem Ecology, with emphasis on quantitative methods: data collection, analysis, and poster presentation

Instructor of seminar courses in plant ecology, which emphasized critical evaluation of scientific papers, as well as experimental design— through class discussions and oral and written assignments

Major Professor/Adviser to 1 Ph.D. student; 10 Master's students and numerous undergraduate project students, University of Basel and University of Nevada Reno
Yale University
1988-1990 Project Adviser for Master's degree and undergraduate students
1989 Lecturer for team-taught course in Ecology of Agroforestry Systems

Awards and Honors

1998 Harvard University, Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research for Advanced Study and Research (awarded but declined in lieu of DRI position)
1997 "Habilitation" in Plant Ecology: Award to become a "Privat Dozent" (Venia docendi), or a licensed faculty member; an advanced degree in the Germanic academic system
1997-1998 Stipend from the Treubel Foundation of Basel, Switzerland to complete my studies on the effects of global change on the dynamics of fine root populations in native grasslands
1994 Travel grant from the Fond zur Förderung wissenschaftlicher Kontakte (FFWK) to attend the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in Knoxville, Tennessee (August 1994)
1993 Travel grant from the FFWK to attend the International Botanical Congress in Yokohama, Japan (September 1993)
1992 Travel grant from the FFWK to attend the Annual Meeting of the ESA in Honolulu, Hawaii (August 1992)
1986-1987 Duke University, Department of Botany, "Friends of the Phytotron" student grant in support of research. [Prof. B.R. Strain]
1984-1988 Yale University, A.W. Mellon Graduate Research Fellow in Forest Microbiology
1985 Sigma Xi, Yale University
1979 University of Vermont, Department of Natural Resources, Honors Research Project
1978 Xi Sigma Pi, University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources (forestry honor society)
1975-1979 Dean's List, (3.6 / 4.0 GPA), University of Vermont

Editorial Responsibilities

1994-present Referee: Science; Oecologia; Ecological Applications; Plant, Cell & Environment; Ecology; Journal of Ecology; New Phytologist; Journal of Arid Environments; Plant Ecology; Plant and Soil; Acta Œcologica
1996-2000 Board of Consulting Editors: Plant and Soil

Grant Proposal Reviews and Panel Service

2003 NSF Review Panel member for Division of Environmental Biology's Frontiers in Biological Research (FIBR) Program
2002 NSF Review Panel member for Division of Environmental Biology's Integrated Research Challenges in Environmental Biology (IRCEB) Program
1999-2000 International Arid Lands' Consortium
1998 USDA Plant Responses to the Environment Program

Service on Advisory / Research Review Committees

  • Columbia University's Biosphere 2 (invited by J. Mellilo, 10-13 May 1999)
  • Panama FACE facility and experiment (invited by C. Potvin, 29 June-3 July 1999)
  • National Phytotron Strategic Planning Workshop, Duke University (24-27 October 2001)

Membership in Professional Organizations

  • Ecological Society of America
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Geophysical Union
  • The Creative Learning Exchange

Community Service

  • Science Fair Judge: Elizabeth Lenz Elementary School, Reno, NV (2001-2003)
  • Career Day speaker: Hidden Valley Elementary School, Reno, NV (2003)
  • Board of Directors: Nevada Youth Ski Education Foundation (2002-2004)
  • Science Curriculum Development with teachers from O'Brien Middle School, Stead, NV (2001-2003)
  • Sunday School instructor: First Congregational Church of Reno (2002-2003)

Other Interests Outdoor activities (running, skiing, biking, hiking), music (clarinet)

Funded Research Grants

2003-2006

Biotic and Abiotic Controls on Soil Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in Arid Ecosystems: A Three-component Study to Evaluate the Effects of Global Change in the Mojave Desert [Amount: $700,000; NSF] -- Principal Investigator
2002-2005

Responses of productivity and nutrient dynamics to elevated CO2 in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem [Amount: $1,300,000; NSF] -- Co-Principal Investigator
2002-2005

Quantifying the role of natural ecosystems as sources and sinks of elemental mercury [Amount: $464,000; NSF] -- Principal Investigator
2000-2005

Interannual climate variability and ecosystem processes:  A quantitative assessment combining models with field and mesocosm experiments [Amount: $3,000,000; NSF IRCEB] -- Principal Investigator
2000-2004 Ecosystem consequences of cheatgrass invasion in the Great Basin [Amount: $175,000; International Arid Lands Consortium] -- Co-Principal Investigator
2000-2001

Historical records of anthropogenic impacts upon nutrient biogeochemistry at Lake Tahoe [Amount: $45,000; Nevada NSF EPSCoR] -- Co-Principal Investigator
1997-1998 Continuation of Swiss NSF funding to study the interactive effects of grassland plant community species composition, earthworm population density and activity, and elevated CO2 on N production in the field (see grant title immediately below) [Amount: $51,000] -- sole Principal Investigator
1995-1998 Fine roots and earthworms in grassland communities: functional relationships and feedbacks on nutrient cycling and plant community structure [Amount: $290,000; Swiss National Science Foundation] -- sole Principal Investigator
1992-1995 Plant species diversity in complex grassland ecosystems under elevated CO2 [Amount: $1,275,000; Swiss National Science Foundation] -- Co-Principal Investigator
1992-1995 Consequences of global environmental change for alpine vegetation [Amount: $1,700,000; Swiss National Science Foundation] -- Co-Principal Investigator

List of Publications

Refereed Journals and Book Chapters (36 total — 33 published, 3 in review)

  1. Arnone, J.A. III and Gordon, J.C. 1990: Effect of nodulation, nitrogen fixation and CO2 enrichment on the physiology, growth and dry mass allocation of seedlings of Alnus rubra Bong. The New Phytologist 116:55-66.
  2. Körner, Ch. and Arnone, J.A. III. 1992: Responses to elevated carbon dioxide in artificial tropical ecosystems. Science 257:1672-1675.
  3. Arnone, J.A. III and Körner, Ch. 1993: Influence of elevated CO2 on canopy development and red:far-red ratio in two-storied stands of Ricinus communis. Oecologia 94:510-515.
  4. Arnone, J.A. III, Blot, M., Leadley, P.W., Matthies, D., and Sanders, I. 1994: Biodiversity in Switzerland. Nature 370:500 (correspondence).
  5. Körner, Ch., Arnone, J.A. III, and Hilti, W. 1994: The utility of artificial ecosystems in CO2 research. In: Design and Execution of Experiments on CO2 enrichment (eds. Schulze, E.-D. and Mooney, H.A.), Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, pp. 185-198.
  6. Arnone, J.A. III, Kohls, S.J., and Baker, D.D. 1994: Nitrate effects on nodulation and nitrogenase activity of actinorhizal Casuarina studied in split-root systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26:599-606.
  7. Arnone, J.A. III, Zaller, J.G., Ziegler, C., Zandt, H., and Körner, Ch. 1995: Leaf quality and insect herbivory in model tropical plant communities after long-term exposure to elevated CO2. Oecologia 104:72-78.
  8. Arnone, J.A. III and Körner, Ch. 1995: Soil and biomass carbon pools in model communities of tropical plants under elevated CO2. Oecologia 104:61-71.
  9. Arnone, J.A. III. 1996: Predicting responses of tropical plant communities to elevated CO2: lessons from experiments with model ecosystems. In: Carbon dioxide, populations and communities (eds. Körner, Ch. and Bazzaz, F.A.), Physiological Ecology Series, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 101-121.
  10. Arnone, J.A. III and Körner, Ch. 1997: Temperature adaptation and acclimation potential of leaf dark respiration in two species of Ranunculus from warm and cold habitats. Arctic and Alpine Research 29:122-125.
  11. Hirschel, G., Körner, Ch., and Arnone, J.A. III. 1997: Will rising atmospheric CO2 affect leaf litter quality and in situ decomposition rates in native plant communities? Oecologia 110:387-392.
  12. Arnone, J.A. III and Kestenholz, C. 1997: Root competition and elevated CO2: effects on seeding growth in Linum usitatissimum populations and Linum-Silene cretica mixtures. Functional Ecology 11:209-214.
  13. Körner, Ch., Diemer, M., Schäppi, B., Niklaus, P., and Arnone, J.A. III. 1997: The responses of alpine grassland to four seasons of CO2 enrichment: a synthesis. Acta Œcologica 18:165-177.
  14. Arnone, J.A. III and Hirschel, G. 1997: Does fertilizer application alter the effects of elevated CO2 on leaf litter quality and in situ decomposition in an alpine grassland? Acta Œcologica 18:201-206.
  15. Arnone, J.A. III. 1997: Temporal responses of community fine root populations to long-term elevated atmospheric CO2 and soil nutrient patches. Acta Œcologica 18:367-376.
  16. Zaller, J.G. and Arnone, J.A. III. 1997: Activity of surface casting earthworms in a calcareous grassland under elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia 111:249-254.
  17. Arnone, J.A. III. 1997: Indices of plant nitrogen availability in an alpine grassland under elevated atmospheric CO2. Plant and Soil 190:61-66.
  18. Arnone, J.A. III and Bohlen, P.J. 1998: Stimulated N2O flux from intact grassland monoliths after two growing seasons under elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia 116:331-335.
  19. Zaller, J.G. and Arnone, J.A. III. 1999: Earthworm and soil moisture effects on the productivity and structure of grassland communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31: 517-523.
  20. Zaller, J.G. and Arnone, J.A. III. 1999: Interactions between earthworm casts and plant species in a calcareous grassland under elevated CO2. Ecology 80:873-881.
  21. Zaller, J.G. and Arnone, J.A. III. 1999: Earthworm responses to plant species' loss and elevated CO2 in calcareous grassland. Plant and Soil 208:1-8.
  22. Arnone, J.A. III. 1999: Symbiotic N2 fixation in high alpine grassland: effects of four growing seasons of elevated CO2. Functional Ecology 13:383-387.
  23. Arnone, J.A. III, Zaller, J.G., Spehn, E.M., Niklaus, P.A., Wells, C.E., and Körner, Ch. 2000: Dynamics of root systems in intact native grasslands: effects of elevated atmospheric CO2. New Phytologist 147:73-86.
  24. Marsh, A.S., Arnone, J.A. III, Bormann, B.T., and Gordon, J.C. 2000: The role of Equisetum in nutrient cycling in an Alaskan shrub wetland. Journal of Ecology 88:999-1011.
  25. Obrist, D., Arnone, J.A. III, and Körner, Ch. 2001: In situ effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on leaf freezing resistance and carbohydrates in a native temperate grassland. Annals of Botany 87:839-844.
  26. Goverde M., Arnone, J.A. III, and Ehardt A. 2002: Species-specific reactions to elevated CO2 and nutrient availability in four grass species. Basic and Applied Ecology 3:221-227.
  27. Obrist, D., DeLucia, E.A., Arnone, J.A. III, 2003. Consequences of wildfire on ecosystem CO2 and water vapor fluxes in the Great Basin. Global Change Biology 9:563-574.
  28. Billings, S.A., Zitzer, S.F., Weatherly, H.E., Schaeffer, S.M., Charlet, T., Arnone, J.A. III, Evans, R.D. , 2002: Effects of elevated CO2 on green leaf tissue and litter quality in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem. Global Change Biology 9:729-735.
  29. Arnone J.A. III, and Obrist D., 2003. A large daylight geodesic dome for quantification of whole-ecosystem CO2 and water vapor fluxes in arid shrublands. Journal of Arid Environments 55:629-643.
  30. Obrist, D., Verburg, P.S.J., Young, M.H., Coleman, J.S., Schorran, D.E., Arnone, J.A. III., 2003. Quantifying the effects of phenology on ecosystem evapotranspiration in planted grassland mesocosms using EcoCELL technology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 118:173-183.
  31. Obrist, D., Arnone, J.A. III., 2003. Root development, soil water use, and root proliferation into water-enriched soil patches by Larrea tridentata: effects of atmospheric CO2. New Phytologist 159:175-184.
  32. Weatherly, H.E., Zitzer, S.F., Coleman, J.S., Arnone, J.A. III., 2003. In situ litter decomposition and litter quality in a Mojave Desert ecosystem: effects of elevated CO2 and interannual climate variability. Global Change Biology 9:1223-1233.
  33. Verburg, P.S.J., J.A Arnone III, D. Obrist, R.D. Evans, D. LeRoux-Swarthout, D.W. Johnson, D.E. Schorran, Y. Luo, and J.S. Coleman. 2004. Net ecosystem C exchange in two experimental grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology 10:498-508.
  34. Obrist, D., Yakir, D., and Arnone, J.A. III., 2003. Temporal and spatial patterns of soil water following wildfire-induced changes in plant communities in the Great Basin. Plant and Soil, in press.
  35. Su, B., Hui, D., Verburg, P.S.J., Obrist, D., Arnone, J.A. III, Johnson, D.W., Evans, R.D., and Luo, Y. Responses of canopy water flux and water-use efficiency of a model grassland ecosystem to pulse and gradual nitrogen fertilization. Global Change Biology, in review.
  36. Su, B., Hui, D., Verburg, P.S.J., Obrist, D., Arnone, J.A. III, Johnson, D.W., Evans, R.D., and Luo, Y. Canopy carbon flux and radiation-use efficiency as affected by pulse and gradual N fertilization in a model grassland ecosystem. Plant, Cell and Environment, in review.

Participation in Conferences and  Workshops

1992-(yearly), Poster or oral presentations, Annual Meetings of the Ecological Society of America.

2002, Invited Speaker, Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Atmospheric and Climate Change (TERACC) Workshop: From Transient to Steady State Response of Ecosystems to CO2 Enrichment and Global Warming. Durham, New Hampshire (28 April to 1 May 2002; Organizer: L. Rustad).

1999, Invited Speaker, Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GTCE) Program of the IGBP Workshop on: Fine root dynamics under elevated CO2. Townsend, Tennesse (20-22 October 1999; Organizers: R. Norby, A. Fitter).

1998, Invited Speaker, Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GTCE) Program of the IGBP Workshop on: Litter quality and decomposition under elevated CO2. Capri, Italy (24-27 September 1998; Organizers: F. Cotrufo, R. Norby, J. Canadell).

1997, Refereed Poster, 82nd Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1996, Invited Speaker, Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative Workshop on: Europe's Cold Regions: Scenarios for Ecosystem Responses to Global Change. Copenhagen, Denmark (8-10 November 1996; Organizers: T.V. Callaghan, Ch. Körner, O.W. Heal).

1996, Invited Presenter, COST 619 and Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GTCE) Program of the IGBP Focus I. Conference on: Interactions between elevated CO2 and water in grassland. Davos, Switzerland (1-5 June 1996; Organizer: J. Nösberger).

1994, Invited Speaker, Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GTCE) Program of the IGBP Focus I. Conference on: Community and Evolutionary Implications of Rising Atmospheric CO2. Leuenberg, Switzerland (14-19 August 1994; Organizers: Ch. Körner, F.A. Bazzaz).

1994, Refereed Poster, 79th Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting. Knoxville, Tennessee.

1993, Invited Speaker, XV. International Botanical Congress. Yokohama, Japan.

1993, Invited Participant, International workshop on Belowground Responses to Rising Atmospheric CO2: Implications for Plants, Soil Biota and Ecosystem Processes. Pellston, Michigan (29 May - 2 June 1993).

1993, Invited Presenter, Ninth International Conference on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants. Waikato, New Zealand (4-7 April 1993).

1992, Refereed Poster, 77th Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii.

1991, Refereed Poster, 76th Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.

1986, Invited Speaker, International Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants. Umea, Sweden (17-20 August 1986).

 

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