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Grizelle González
Birth Name:Grizelle González de Jesús
Alma Mater:University of Colorado
Thesis Title:Soil fauna, microbes and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1999

Grizelle González is a soil ecologist working for the United States Forest Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is known for her work on soil ecology, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem ecology at the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico.

Early life and education

González obtained her B.S. in biology (1993) and her M.S. in soil ecology (1996) from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in soil ecology and biology in 1999. Her dissertation was focused on microbes, plant litter, and soil fauna in both tropical and subalpine forests. Grizelle started her professional career as a research associate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1999. In 2000, she began her career at the United States Forest Service (USFS) International Institute of Tropical Forests (IITF), and in 2003 she became the director of the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico. She is also associated faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.[1]

Research

González's research has been focused on soil ecology, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling in tropical forests involving earthworms,[2] [3] and plant litter and decomposition in tropical environments.[4] She has also examined earthworms as invasive species,[5] and the role of elevation in controlling the distribution of earthworms.[6] Her more recent work in Puerto Rico focuses on tropical forest ecology, where she focuses on research in El Yunque National Forest[7] and an experimental forest on St. Thomas.[8] González also served as science coordinator for the "Poetic Science" exhibits Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico which won awards from the United States' Forest Service and the International Association of Art Critics.[9] [10] Following the 2017 Hurricane Maria, González has been examining the immediate impact of the hurricane on Puerto Rico,[11] and its recovering in 2018[12] [13] into 2019.[14]

Selected publications

References

  1. Web site: Grizelle Gonzalez – People - US Forest Service Research & Development. 2020-12-17. www.fs.fed.us.
  2. Gonzalez . Grizelle . Zou . Xiaoming . 1999 . Plant and Litter Influences on Earthworm Abundance and Community Structure in a Tropical Wet Forest1 . Biotropica . 31 . 3 . 486–493 . 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00391.x . 86121629 . 0006-3606.
  3. Gonzalez . G. . Zou . X. . Borges . S. . 1996 . Earthworm abundance and species composition in abandoned tropical croplands: comparisons of tree plantations and secondary forests . Pedobiologia. 40:385-391 . en.
  4. González . Grizelle . Seastedt . Timothy R. . 2001 . Soil Fauna and Plant Litter Decomposition in Tropical and Subalpine Forests . Ecology . 82 . 4 . 955–964 . 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0955:sfapld]2.0.co;2 . 0012-9658.
  5. Gonzalez . Grizelle . Espinoza . Elianid . Liu . Zhigang . Zou . Xiaoming . 2006 . A Fluorescent Marking and Re-count Technique Using the Invasive Earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta) . Caribbean Journal of Science. 42. 3. 371–379 . en.
  6. González . Grizelle . García . Emérita . Cruz . Verónica . Borges . Sonia . Zalamea . Marcela . Rivera . María M. . 2007-11-01 . Earthworm communities along an elevation gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico . European Journal of Soil Biology . en . 43 . S24–S32 . 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2007.08.044 . 1164-5563.
  7. Web site: Greg. Greg. Marisa . Peñaloza. 2017-12-17. Post-María, A Key Ecosystem In Puerto Rico Faces Slow Recovery. 2022-01-22. KERA News. en.
  8. Web site: Mazaroli . Niki . 2019-08-12 . STX's Estate Thomas Experimental Forest: A Resource for the Future . 2022-01-22 . St. Thomas Source . en-US.
  9. Web site: Poetic Science – National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture . 2022-01-22 . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2016-01-26 . Luquillo Experimental Forest LTER (Puerto Rico) Ecological Reflections . 2022-01-22 . en-US.
  11. News: October 28, 2017 . Assessing The Damage To Puerto Rico's Rain Forest . Weekend Edition Saturday; Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.: NPR . ProQuest.
  12. News: Simmons . Ann M. . February 28, 2018 . Hurricane Maria stripped Puerto Rico's forests bare. Now conservationists and scientists are working to replenish them . Los Angeles Times (Online).
  13. News: November 9, 2018 . It may be getting harder for Puerto Rico's national forest to recover from storms . The World; Minneapolis Minneapolis: Public Radio International (PRI).
  14. Web site: February 22, 2019. How will the world respond to climate change? Puerto Rico might have the answers.. 2022-01-22. NBC News. en.

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