Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi is an ecologist who studies plant and soil biogeochemistry and global change.

• Ph D in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado (2010)
• BA in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2003)

• Unexpected vulnerability of mineral-protected soil organic carbon to climate in global drylands Nature Geoscience (2024), Paloma Díaz-Martínez, Fernando Maestre, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, et al. (127 total authors), Cesar Plaza.
• Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world Nature (2024), Nicolas Gross, , et al. (121 total authors), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Biocrust carbon exchange varies with crust type and time on Chihuahuan Desert gypsum soils Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023), Mikaela Hoellrich, Darren K. James, David Bustos, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Louis S. Santiago, Nicole Pietrasiak.
• Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland Ecosphere 14 4 (2023), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Isabel Siles Asaff, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Kathleen Roman, Eleanor Keats, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland Ecosphere 14 4 (2023), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Isabelle S. Asaff, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Kathleen Roman, Eleanor Keats, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland Ecosphere (2023), Darrouzet-Nardi et al, Craig E. Tweedie.
• Rapid foliar uptake of inorganic and amino acid nitrogen in three dryland plant species Plant and Soil (2023), Catherine Cort, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Eva Stricker, Grace Crain-Wright.
• Thiourea supplementation improves drought stress response in rainfed maize (Zea mays L.) via improved leaf source to grain sink dynamics Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2023), Talveer Singh, Parminder Singh Sandhu, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Interannual and Seasonal CO2 Exchange and Rainfall Dynamics in a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Shrubland (2022), Marguerite Mauritz, Gesuri Ramirez, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, David P. Huber, Christine Laney, Marcy Litvak, Robin Luna, Xu Song, Craig E. Tweedie.
• Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands Science 358 (2022), Fernando Maestre, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, et al. (121 total authors), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community Biological Reviews (2022), Bettina Weber, Jayne Belnap, Burkhard Budel, Anita Antoninka, Nichole Barger, V Bala Chaudhary, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, David Eldridge, Akasha Faist, Scott Ferrenberg, Caroline Havrilla, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Oumarou Malam Issa, Fernando Maestre, Sasha Reed, Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero, Colin Tucker, Kristina Young, Yuanming Zhang, Yunge Zhao, Xiaobing Zhou, Matthew Bowker.
• Disturbance to biocrusts decreased cyanobacteria, N‐fixer abundance, and grass leaf N but increased fungal abundance Ecology 104 (2022), Rose Adelizzi, E. A. O'Brien, Mikaela Hoellrich, Jennifer Rudgers, Michael Mann, Vanessa Moreira Camara Fernandes, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Eva Stricker.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Briana A. Salcido, Viridiana Orona, Valeria Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Ghahremani, David Bjorneberg, Gerald N. Flerchinger, David P. Huber, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, others.
• Vertical movement of soluble carbon and nutrients from biocrusts to subsurface mineral soils Geoderma 405 (2022), Kristina E. Young, Scott Ferrenberg, Robin Reibold, Sasha Reed, Tami Swenson, Trent Northen, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Incorporating Biogeochemistry into Dryland Restoration Bioscience 71 9 (2021), Kristina E. Young, Sasha C. Reed, Scott Ferrenberg, Akasha Faist, Daniel E. Winkler, Catherine Cort, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Soil enzymes are preferentially associated with larger particles in highly organic Arctic tundra soils Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 (2021), Jane K. Martinez, Jennie R. McLaren, Craig E. Tweedie, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Soil enzymes are preferentially associated with larger particles in highly organic Arctic tundra soils Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 (2021), Jane K. Martinez, Jennie R. McLaren, Craig E. Tweedie, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• What could explain δ13C signatures in biocrust cyanobacteria of drylands? Microbiology (2020), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Grace Crain, Jennifer Rudgers, Robert Sinsabaugh, Vanessa Fernandes, C Nelson, A Giraldo-Silva, Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Jayne Belnap, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Effect of copper compounds on two varieties of sweet potato plants Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 154 (2020), Nestor Bonilla-Bird, Y Ye, T Akter, C Valdes-Bracamontes, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, G Saupe, G Flores-Margez, L Ma, J Hernandez-Viezcas, Jose Peralta-Videa, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
• Effect of copper oxide nanoparticles on two varieties of sweetpotato plants PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 154 (2020), N. J. Bonilla-Bird, Y. Ye, T. Akter, C. Valdes-Bracamontes, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Geoffrey B. Saupe, J. P. Flores-Marges, Lin Ma, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
• Effect of copper oxide nanoparticles on two varieties of sweetpotato plants PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 154 (2020), N. J. Bonilla-Bird, Y. Ye, T. Akter, C. Valdes-Bracamontes, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Geoffrey B. Saupe, J. P. Flores-Marges, Lin Ma, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
• Experimentally warmer and drier conditions in an Arctic plant community reveal microclimatic controls on senescence Ecosphere 10 4 (2019), Carolyn Livensperger, Heidi Steltzer, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Patrick F. Sullivan, Matthew Wallenstein, Michael N. Weintraub.
• Limited effects of early snowmelt on plants, decomposers, and soil nutrients in Arctic tundra soils Ecology and Evolution (2019), Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Heidi Steltzer, Patrick F. Sullivan, Aliza Segal, Amanda Koltz, Carolyn Livensperger, Joshua P. Schimel, Michael N. Weintraub.

• Threshold concentration range of organic acids (OAs) ­to mobilize phosphorus (P) across landforms/vegetation in the ­Chihuahuan desert soils (2023), Volume San Francisco, California, Kalpana Kukreja, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Mark Engle.
• Threshold concentration range of organic acids (OAs) ­to mobilize phosphorus (P) across landforms/vegetation in the ­Chihuahuan desert soils (2023), Volume San Francisco, California, Kalpana Kukreja, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Mark Engle.
• Interannual and seasonal CO2 exchange and rainfall dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert shrubland (2023), Volume Tucson, Marguerite Mauritz, Gesuri Ramirez, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Gerald Flerchinger, Libia Gonzalez, David P. Huber, Aline Jaimes, Christine M. Laney, Marcy E. Litvak, Robin Luna, Xia Song, Craig E. Tweedie.
• Interannual and seasonal CO2 exchange and rainfall dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert shrubland (2023), Volume Tucson, Marguerite Mauritz, Gesuri Ramirez, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Gerald Flerchinger, Libia Gonzalez, David P. Huber, Aline Jaimes, Christine M. Laney, Marcy E. Litvak, Robin Luna, Xia Song, Craig E. Tweedie.
• Soil texture interactions with root biomass in a west Texas pecan orchard (2023), Volume El Paso, Isabelle Anselmo, Talveer Singh, Lindsey Dacey, Frida G. Ledezma, Isabel Uribe, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite Mauritz.
• Soil CO2 dynamics in flood irrigated arid agricultural fields: temporal variability of abiotic and biotic CO2 production and transport (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Elizabeth Andrews, Anna Ortiz, Valeria Molina, Jason Kaye, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Soil CO2 dynamics in flood irrigated arid agricultural fields: temporal variability of abiotic and biotic CO2 production and transport (2023), Volume Lyon, France, Elizabeth Andrews, Anna Ortiz, Valeria Molina, Jason Kaye, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Briana Salcido, Viridiana Orona, Valeria Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Gahremani, David Bjorneberg, Gerald Flerchinger, David Huber, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Jennifer L. Pierce, Craig E. Tweedie, Lixin Jin.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Briana Salcido, Viridiana Orona, Valeria Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Gahremani, David Bjorneberg, Gerald Flerchinger, David Huber, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Jennifer L. Pierce, Craig E. Tweedie, Lixin Jin.
• Interannual and Seasonal CO2 Exchange and Rainfall Dynamics in a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Shrubland (2022), Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Gesuri Ramirez, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Gerald Flerchinger, Libia Gonzalez, David Huber, Aline Jaimes, Christine Laney, Marcy Litvak, Robin Luna, Marcy Litvak, Craig E. Tweedie.
• Temporal Trends in Dryland Soil Carbon Fluxes in Response to Artificial and Natural Pulsed Moisture Events (2022), Briana Salcido, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Valeria Molina, Lixin Jin.
• Temporal Trends in Dryland Soil Carbon Fluxes in Response to Artificial and Natural Pulsed Moisture Events (2022), Briana Salcido, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Valeria Molina, Lixin Jin.
• What makes biocrust happy? Examining abiotic conditions that lead to carbon uptake and increased biocrust cover (2022), Kristina Young, Matthew Bowker, Sasha Reed, Anita Antoninka, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2022), Volume Delaware, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2022), Volume University of Delaware, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Differentiating biotic vs. abiotic CO2 in the formation of pedogenic carbonate in an agriculturally altered site (2022), Volume Las Vages, Valeria Molina, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi-Nardi, Jason Kaye, Lixin Jin.
• DIFFERENTIATING BIOTIC VS. ABIOTIC CO2 IN THE FORMATION OF PEDOGENIC CARBONATE IN AN AGRICULTURAL SITE (2022), Valeria Molina, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jason Kaye, Lixin Jin.
• Carbon cycling through the critical zone in irrigated and unirrigated drylands (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Brianna Salcido, V Molina, Tanzila Hanif, Zahra Ghahremani, Lixin Jin, Jennifer Pierce, Gerald Flerchinger, David P. Huber, Craig E. Tweedie, Dave Bjorneberg, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer.
• Interannual and seasonal CO2 exchange and rainfall dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert shrubland (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Gerald Flerchinger, L Gonzalez, A Jaimes, David P. Huber, C M. Laney, Marcy E. Litvak, R Luna, X Song, Craig E. Tweedie.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, V. Molina, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, J. Kaye, Diane I. Doser, Lin Ma, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, V. Molina, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, J. Kaye, Diane I. Doser, Lin Ma, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Controls, rates, and impacts of enhanced calcite accumulation and abiotic CO2 emission in irrigated drylands (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lixin Jin, Anna Ortiz, V. Molina, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, J. Kaye, Diane I. Doser, Lin Ma, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, N. Valenzuela, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane I. Doser, M. Baker, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, N. Valenzuela, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane I. Doser, M. Baker, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, Nohemi Valenzuela Garay, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane Doser, Mark Baker, Anthony Darrrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Exploring Controls by Pedogenic Carbonates as a Critical Interface on Water, Carbon and Nutrient Interactions in Drylands: Initial Insights from the Dryland Critical Zone Network Cluster (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Lin Ma, Mark Engle, N. Valenzuela, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Diane I. Doser, M. Baker, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Using Geophysics to Investigate Soil Texture and Characterize spatial variability in soil CO2 effluxes in an Irrigated Pecan Orchard in the Rio Grande Valley of West Texas (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, A. Garcia, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, Diane I. Doser, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Using Geophysics to Investigate Soil Texture and Characterize spatial variability in soil CO2 effluxes in an Irrigated Pecan Orchard in the Rio Grande Valley of West Texas (2021), Volume Portland, Oregon, A. Garcia, V. Orona, M. Quiroz, Diane I. Doser, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Lixin Jin.
• Using biogeochemical insights to restore drylands now and into the future (2021), Volume Virtual, Kristina E. Young, Catherine Cort, Sasha Reed, Daniel Winkler, Scott Ferrenberg, Akasha Faist, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Plant, soil, and biocrust processes controlling nitrogen movement in dryland soils (2020), Volume Virtual, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Eva Stricker, Catherine Cort, Kristina Young, Jennifer Rudgers, , Jayne Belnap, Laura Green, Robert Sinsabaugh.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zones (2020), Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Early snowmelt effects on Arctic tundra plants and soils: a summary of findings from a three-year field experiment at Imnavait Creek, Alaska (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Heidi Steltzer, Patrick Sullivan, Aliza Segal, Carolyn Livensperger, Joshua Schimel, Michael Weintraub.
• Water Sourcing Strategies of Highly Resilient Vegetation in Desert Soils: Stable Isotope Analysis of a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hayden Thompson, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Water Sourcing Strategies of Highly Resilient Vegetation in Desert Soils: Stable Isotope Analysis of a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hayden Thompson, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Water Sourcing Strategies of Highly Resilient Vegetation in Desert Soils: Stable Isotope Analysis of a Northern Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem (2019), Volume San Francisco, CA, Hayden Thompson, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Lin Ma, Lixin Jin, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Determining the contribution of surface soil organisms to subsurface soil fertility and CO2 efflux in a semi-arid desert (2019), Kristina Young, Scott Ferrenberg, Robin Reibold, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Sasha Reed.
• Comparison of biocrust-associated fungal communities at grassland sites in New Mexico (2019), Volume Australia, Catherine Cort, Eva Stricker, Jennifer Rudgers, Ari Jumponnen, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Examining the contribution of biological soil crusts to subsurface soil fertility (2019), Volume Australia, Kristina Young, Scott Ferrenberg, Robin Reibold, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Sasha Reed.
• Is there a fungal loop? Potential abiotic and biotic drivers of nitrogen movement from biocrusts to plants in dryland ecosystems (2019), Volume Australia, Eva Stricker, Catherine Cort, Kristina Young, Grace Crain, Laura Green, Robert Sinsabaugh, Jayne Belnap, Jennifer Rudgers, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Comparitive nitrogen fixation rates in biocrusts (2019), Volume UTEP, Mikaela Hoellrich, Kristina Young, Nicole Pietrasiak, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Testing the fungal loop hypothesis for nitrogen movement from biocrusts to plants in dryland ecosystems (2019), Volume Louisville, KY, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Eva Stricker, Catherine Cort, Kristina Young, Grace Crain, Laura Green, Robert Sinsabaugh, Jayne Belnap, Jennifer Rudgers.
• Patterns of biocrust cyanobacteria 13C values near plants not driven by composition (2019), Volume Ireland, Eva Stricker, Jennifer Rudgers, Jayne Belnap, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Comparison of biocrust-associated fungal communities at grassland sites in New Mexico (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, Catherine Cort, Eva Stricker, Jennifer Rudgers, Ari Jumponnen, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Testing the fungal loop hypothesis for nitrogen movement from biocrusts to plants in dryland ecosystems (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Eva Stricker, Catherine Cort, Kristina Young, Grace Crain, Laura Green, Robert Sinsabaugh, Jayne Belnap, Jennifer Rudgers.
• Using separation techniques to explore the location of exoenzyme activity within the matrix of arctic soils (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, Jane Martinez, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Identifying water retention of soil in arid regions to determine water sources of vegetation (2019), Volume UTEP, Amaris Bustamante, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Hayden Thompson, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi.
• Seasonal nutrient cycling trends in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, I Siles Asaff, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Seasonal nutrient cycling trends in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, I Siles Asaff, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.
• Seasonal nutrient cycling trends in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem (2019), Volume Toledo, OH, I Siles Asaff, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Marguerite E. Mauritz-Tozer, Craig E. Tweedie, Jennie R. McLaren.

• Network Cluster: Patterns and controls of CO2 fluxes, ecohydrology, and nutrient availability on the carbonate-dominated dryland Critical Zone
• Combine sensors, geophysical survey and geochemical tools to investigate pedogenic carbonate precipitation and carbon dioxide emission in irrigated soils of aridlands
• MRI: Acquisition of a carbon dioxide isotope analyzer for monitoring real-time carbon fluxes in extreme environments and training the next generation of environmental scientists