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Humberto E. González

Humberto E. González

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Earth Science
Chile
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

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41
Citations
6243
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5864
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18

Earth Science

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39
Citations
5768
World Ranking
6142
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Humberto E. González is affiliated with Austral University of Chile in Chile and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research spans a diverse range of topics focused on marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, isotope analysis in ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Humberto E. González has contributed to several scientific publications, with notable papers including:

  • Extreme harmful algal blooms, climate change, and potential risk of eutrophication in Patagonian fjords: Insights from an exceptional Heterosigma akashiwo fish-killing event (2022, Progress In Oceanography)
  • Trace Element (Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) Dynamics Across the Salinity Gradient in Arctic and Antarctic Glacier Fjords (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • Black carbon pollution in snow and its impact on albedo near the Chilean stations on the Antarctic peninsula: First results (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Seasonal and diel variations in the vertical distribution, composition, abundance and biomass of zooplankton in a deep Chilean Patagonian Fjord (2022, PeerJ)
  • Freshwater runoff effects on the production of biogenic silicate and chlorophyll-a in western Patagonia archipelago (50-51°S) (2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biologia Pesquera
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Marine Systems

Humberto E. González collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Emilio Alarcón
  • Rodrigo Torres
  • Eduardo Menschel
  • Francisco Díaz-Rosas
  • Peter von Dassow

Best Publications

  • The humboldt current system of northern and central chile : Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socioeconomic feedback

    Martin Thiel;Erasmo C. Macaya;Enzo Acuna;Wolf E. Arntz

  • The possible role of the cyclopoid copepod Oithona in retarding vertical flux of zooplankton faecal material

    H. E. Gonzalez;Victor Smetacek

  • Spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll and primary productivity in surface waters of southern Chile (41.5–43° S)

    J.L. Iriarte;H.E. González;H.E. González;K.K. Liu;C. Rivas

  • Biological and chemical consequences of the 1997-1998 El nino in the Chilean coastal upwelling system: a synthesis

    Rubén Escribano;Giovani Daneri;Giovani Daneri;Laura Farías;Víctor A. Gallardo;Víctor A. Gallardo

  • The relative importance of microbial and classical food webs in a highly productive coastal upwelling area

    Cristian A. Vargas;Rodrigo A. Martínez;L. Antonio Cuevas;Marcelo A. Pavez

  • Phytoplankton size structure during and after the 1997/98 El Niño in a coastal upwelling area of the northern Humboldt Current System

    José Luis Iriarte;Humberto E. González

  • Air‐sea CO2 fluxes along the coast of Chile: From CO2 outgassing in central northern upwelling waters to CO2 uptake in southern Patagonian fjords

    Rodrigo Torres;Silvio Pantoja;Naomi Harada;Humberto E. González;Humberto E. González

  • Productivity cycles in the coastal upwelling area off Concepción: The importance of diatoms and bacterioplankton in the organic carbon flux

    Paulina Montero;Giovanni Daneri;Giovanni Daneri;L. Antonio Cuevas;Humberto E. González;Humberto E. González

  • Primary production and plankton dynamics in the Reloncaví Fjord and the Interior Sea of Chiloé, Northern Patagonia, Chile

    H. E. González;M. J. Calderón;L. Castro;A. Clement

  • Patagonian fjord ecosystems in southern Chile as a highly vulnerable region: problems and needs.

    Jose Luis Iriarte;Humberto E. González;Laura Nahuelhual

  • Gelatinous zooplankton assemblages associated with water masses in the Humboldt Current System, and potential predatory impact by Bassia bassensis (Siphonophora: Calycophorae)

    Francesc Pagès;Humberto E. González;Montserrat Ramón;M. Sobarzo

  • Seasonal plankton variability in Chilean Patagonia fjords: Carbon flow through the pelagic food web of Aysen Fjord and plankton dynamics in the Moraleda Channel basin

    H.E. González;L. Castro;G. Daneri;J.L. Iriarte;J.L. Iriarte

  • Iron fertilization enhanced net community production but not downward particle flux during the Southern Ocean iron fertilization experiment LOHAFEX

    Patrick Martin;Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff;Nicolas Cassar;Pieter Vandromme;Pieter Vandromme

  • Plankton community structure and carbon cycling in a coastal upwelling system. I: Bacteria, microprotozoans and phytoplankton in the diet of copepods and appendicularians

    Cristian A. Vargas;Humberto E. González

  • The role of faecal material in the particulate organic carbon flux in the northern Humboldt Current, Chile (23°S), before and during the 1997–1998 El Niño

    Humberto E. González;Viviana C. Ortiz;Marcus Sobarzo

  • Composition, biomass and potential grazing impact of the crustacean and pelagic tunicates in the northern Humboldt Current area off Chile: differences between El Nino and non- El Nino years

    Humberto E. González;Marcus Sobarzo;Dante Figueroa;Eva-Maria Nöthig

  • The distribution and abundance of krill faecal material and oval pellets in the Scotia and Weddell Seas (Antarctica) and their role in particle flux

    H. E. González

  • Krill diet affects faecal string settling

    G. C. Cadée;H. González;H. González;S. B. Schnack-Schiel

  • Land–ocean gradient in haline stratification and its effects on plankton dynamics and trophic carbon fluxes in Chilean Patagonian fjords (47–50°S)

    H.E. González;L.R. Castro;G. Daneri;J.L. Iriarte

  • Seasonal variability of primary production in a fjord ecosystem of the Chilean Patagonia: Implications for the transfer of carbon within pelagic food webs

    Paulina Montero;Giovanni Daneri;Humberto E. González;Jose Luis Iriarte

Frequent Co-Authors

José Iriarte
José Iriarte University of Exeter
Cristian A. Vargas
Cristian A. Vargas University of Concepción
Ruben Escribano
Ruben Escribano University of Concepción
Silvio Pantoja
Silvio Pantoja University of Concepción
Carina B. Lange
Carina B. Lange University of Concepción
Nicolas Cassar
Nicolas Cassar Duke University
Lars Stemmann
Lars Stemmann Sorbonne University
Richard Sanders
Richard Sanders National Oceanography Centre
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Richard S. Lampitt
Richard S. Lampitt National Oceanography Centre

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