Zoe Cardon

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Associate Professor

Office: TLS 180B
Voice: (860) 486-3868
Fax: (860) 486-6364
E-mail: zoe.cardon@uconn.edu

Home page:
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/cardon/

Mailing address:
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043, U.S.A.

[edit] Research interests:

Ecosystem and plant physiological ecology,especially the influence of rhizodeposition on terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycling; plant function in fluctuating environments.

[edit] Selected publications:

• Gray, D.W., Lewis, L.A., and Cardon, Z.G. 2007. Photosynthetic recovery following desiccation of desert green algae (Chlorophyta) and their aquatic relatives. Plant, Cell and Environment: 1-16.
  

• Cardon, Z.G., and Gage, D.J. 2006. Resource exchange in the rhizosphere: molecular tools and the microbial perspective. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 37: 459-488.
  

• Gartner, T.L., and Cardon, Z.G. 2006. Site of leaf origin affects how mixed litter decomposes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38: 2307-2317.
  

• Gray, D.W., Cardon, Z.G., and Lewis, L.A. 2006. Simultaneous collection of rapid chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics, fluorescence quenching parameters, and environmental data using an automated PAM-2000/CR10X data logging system. Photosynthesis Research 87: 295-301.
  

• Zanne, A.E., Lower, S.S., Cardon, Z.G., and Orians, C.M. 2006. 15N fertilization of tomatoes: vascular constraints vs. tissue demand. Functional Plant Ecology 33: 457-464.
  

• Hooker, B.A., Morris, T.F., Peters, R., and Cardon, Z.G. 2005. Long-term effects of tillage and corn stalk return on soil carbon dynamics. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69: 188-196.
  

• Venterea, R.T., Rolston, D.E., and Cardon, Z.G. 2005. Effects of soil moisture, physical, and chemical characteristics on abioticnitric oxide production. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 72: 27-40.
  

• Gartner, T.B., Cardon, Z.G. 2004. Decomposition dynamics in mixed-species leaf litter a review. Oikos 104: 230-246.
  

• Johnston, C.A., Groffman, P., Breshears, D.D., Cardon, Z.G., Currie, W., Emanuel, W., Gaudinski, J., Jackson, R. B., Lajtha, K., Nadelhoffer, K., Nelson Jr., D., Post, W.M., Retalack, G., and Wielopski, L. 2004. Carbon cycling in soil. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: 522-528.
  

• Jones, C. S., Cardon, Z. G., and Czaja, A. D. 2003. A phylogenetic view of low level CAM in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany 90: 135-142.
  

• Cardon, Z. G., Czaja, A. D., Funk, J. L., and Vitt, P. L. 2002. Periodic carbon flushing to roots of Quercus rubra saplings affects soil respiration and rhizosphere microbial biomass. Oecologia 133: 215-223.
  

• Hooper, D. U., Cardon, Z. G., Chapin III, F. S., and Durant, M. 2002. Corrected calculations for whole ecosystem measurements of CO2 flux using the LI-COR 6200 portable photosynthesis system. Oecologia 132: 1-11.
  

• Bringhurst, R. M., Cardon, Z. G., and Gage, D. J. 2001. Galactosides in the rhizosphere: utilization by Sinorhizobium meliloti and development of a biosensor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98: 4540-4545.
  

• Cardon, Z. G., Hungate, B. A., Cambardella, C. A., Chapin III, F. S., Field, C. B., Holland, E. A., and Mooney, H. A. 2001. Contrasting effects of elevated CO2 on old and new soil carbon pools. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33: 365-373.
  

• Lodding, C. C., Behling, J., and Cardon, Z. G. 2000. Water relations of Betula cordifolia and Betula allegheniensis rooted together on landslides in Franconia Notch, NH. American Midland Naturalist 143: 321-329.
  

• Cardon, Z. G. 1996. Influence of rhizodeposition under elevated CO2 on plant nutrition and soil organic matter. Plant and Soil 187: 277-288.
  

• Cardon, Z. G., Berry, J. A., and Woodrow, I. E. 1994. Dependence of the extent and direction of average stomatal response in Zea mays and Phaseolus vulgaris on the frequency of fluctuations in environmental stimuli. Plant Physiology 105: 1007-1013.