PhD, Soil Ecology and Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999
MS, Soil Ecology , University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras, 1996
BS, Biology , University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras, 1993
Current Research Soil ecology, biology and biogeochemistry Research Interests Soils, decay, nutrient cycling, soil organisms Past Research Earthworm ecology, soil biology and biogeochemistry
2019 (In Review)
African dust deposition in Puerto Rico; analysis of a 20 year rainfall chemistry record and comparison with models. McClintock, M.A., McDowell, W.H., Gonzalez, G., Schulz, M., and PettRidge, J.C. (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
2018
Litterfall Production Prior to and during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Four Puerto Rican Forests. Liu, X., Zeng, X., Zou, X., González, G., Wang, C., & Yang, S. (2018): Forests
2018
Hurricane Maria in the US Caribbean: Disturbance Forces, Variation of Effects, and Implications for Future Storms. Van Beusekom, A.E. Álvarez-Berríos N.L. Gould W.A., Quiñones M. González, G. (2018): Remote sensing
2018
Litterfall Production Prior to and during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Four Puerto Rican Forests. Xianbin Liu, Xiucheng Zeng, Xiaoming Zou, Grizelle González, Chao Wang, Si Yang (2018): Forests
2017
Soil Biology Research across Latitude, Elevation and Disturbance Gradients: A Review of Forest Studies from Puerto Rico during the Past 25 Years. González, G. (2017): Forests
2017 (In Review)
Extreme storms drive riverine particulate organic matter export from tropical mountians of estern Puerto Rico. Kathryn E. Clark, Robert F. Stallard, Martha A. Scholl, Alain F. Plante, Sheila F. Murphy, Grizelle Gonzalez, and William H. McDowell (2017): ...
2017
Reassessing rainfall in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Local and global ecohydrological implications. Murphy SF, Stallard RF, Scholl MA, González G, Torres-Sánchez AJ (2017): PLOS ONE
2017
Methodological Considerations in the Study of Earthworms in Forest Ecosystems. Rhea-Fournier D. and González G. (2017): Intech
2016
Analyzing cloud base at local and regional scales to understand tropical montane cloud forest vulnerability to climate change . Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle González, and Martha A. Scholl (2016): Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016
Introduction: Caribbean Forest Dynamics and Regional Forestry Initiatives. González, G., and Heartsill Scalley T. (2016): Caribbean Naturalist
2016
Building a Collaborative Network to Understand Regional Forest Dynamics and Advance Forestry Initiatives in the Caribbean. González, G., and Heartsill Scalley T. (2016): Caribbean Naturalist
2016
Effects of Hurricane-Felled Tree Trunks on Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, Microbial Biomass, and Root Length in a Wet Tropical Forest. Lodge D.J., Winter D., González G., Clum N. (2016): Forests
2016
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Soil under Decaying Wood in a Tropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico. Zalamea, M., González, G., Lodge D.J. (2016): Forests
2015
Geographic, environmental and biotic sources of variation in the nutrient relations of tropical montane forests. Dalling, J.W., Heineman, K., González, G., and Ostertag, R. (2015): Journal of Tropical Ecology
2015
Stable-isotope and solute-chemistry approaches to flow characterization in a forested tropical watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Scholl, M.A., Shanley, J.B., Murphy, S.F., Willenbring, J.K., Occhi, M., and González, G. (2015): Appl. Geochem.
2014
Short-Term Precipitation and Temperature Trends along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico. Van Beusekom A.E.,González G., and Rivera M.M. (2014): Earth Interactions
2014
Differential effects of canopy trimming and litter deposition on litterfall and nutrient dynamics in a wet subtropical forest. Whendee L. Silver, Steven J. Hall, Grizelle González (2014): Forest Ecology and Management
2013
Ecological Gradient Analyses in a Tropical Landscape: Ecological Bulletins 54. Grizelle González, Michael R. Willig & Robert B. Waide (2013): Wiley
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2019
Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2019. McDowell, W.H., González, G., Plante, A.F., Silver W.L. (2019): University of New Hampshire
2018
Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2018. McDowell, W.H., González, G., Plante, A.F., Silver W.L. (2018): University of New Hampshire
2017
AGU Chapman Conference on Extreme Climate Event Impacts on Aquatic Biogeochemical Cycles and Fluxes. Inamdar, A. McDowell W.H., Shanley J.B., Minor E., Park, J. (2017): https://sites.google.com/a/udel.edu/chapmanece/home
2017
Conference Program - AGU Chapman Conference on Extreme Climate Event Impacts on Aquatic Biogeochemical Cycles and Fluxes. Inamdar, S., McDowell W.H., Shanley J. B., Minor E., Park J. (2017): AGU Chapman Conference, San Juan, PR 2017 Cross-CZO National
2017
Annual Report 2017 Luquillo CZO: The role of hot spots and hot moments in tropical landscape evolution and functioning of the critical zone. McDowell, W.H., González, G., Plante, A.F., Silver W.L. (2017): University of New Hampshire
2016
Annual Report 2016 Luquillo CZO: The role of hot spots and hot moments in tropical landscape evolution and functioning of the critical zone. McDowell, W.H., González, G., Plante, A.F., Silver W.L. (2016): University of New Hampshire
2015
Annual Report 2015 Luquillo CZO: The role of hot spots and hot moments in tropical landscape evolution and functioning of the critical zone. McDowell, W.H., González, G., Plante, A.F., Silver W.L. (2015): University of New Hampshire
2014
Annual Report 2014 Luquillo CZO: The role of hot spots and hot moments in tropical landscape evolution and functioning of the critical zone. Frolking, S., González, G., Plante, A.F., Silver W. L. (2014): University of New Hampshire
2014
Tropical forest responses to Global change: Evidence from the Luquillo Experimental Forest. González G., Lodge D.J.,McGinley K., Jennings L.N., Heartsill-Scalley T.,Wood T.E. (2014): 99th ESA Annual Meeting (August 10 -- 15, 2014)
2014
Cielometer / data streams . Grizelle Gonzalez (2014): All-hands Meeting of the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory, Luquillo, PR
2014
Differential effects of canopy disturbance and litter deposition on litterfall and nutrient dynamics following a simulated hurricane in a tropical forest. Whendee L. Silver, Steven J. Hall, Grizelle González (2014): 99th ESA Annual Meeting
River incisition, sediment and solute transport
Linking Climate and fluxes at the landscape, channel and reach scales
17 Nov 2017 - Over the millennia, the tropical woodland known today as El Yunque National Forest has been pummeled by rains and rocked by hurricanes. But the...
30 Oct 2017 - The trees in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico were raked bare by Hurricane Maria. Grizelle Gonzalez talks with NPR's Melissa Block.
10 Apr 2014 - New Safety Guidelines have been issued for working in the LCZO. Please consider them when planning your fieldwork. They can be found here: ...
07 Mar 2014 - A "Poetic Science" exhibit has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico (MAC) a collaboration between the USDA Forest Service...