NUTRIENT CYCLING AND CO2 EMISSIONS IN AREAS OF PRESERVED AND THINNED CAATINGA

  • AQUINO D
  • ANDRADE E
  • PALÁCIO H
  • et al.
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ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate changes that occurred due to land use and ground cover in the deposition, accumulation and rates of litter decomposition, as well as of soil respirometry, in a dry tropical forest. The study was carried out in two adjacent watersheds in the town of Iguatu, in the State of Ceará, Brazil. One of the watersheds had been under preserved vegetation for 35 years (RC35), while the other had been subjected to thinning for 5 years (TC5). The main variables among those being analysed were the litter fractions deposited in collectors and accumulated on the ground, the decomposition constant, and soil respirometry. The data were submitted to statistical analysis and compared by t-test (pd”0.05). The total litter deposited in the collectors during the 12 months of monitoring (April 2013 to March 2014) was around 1,300 kg ha-1 yr-1 for TC5, differing statistically (pd”0.05) from RC35 (4,019 kg ha-1 yr-1). There was no difference in the litter accumulated on the ground for type of land use (p>0.05). The conservation of litter on the ground in TC5 is associated with larger inputs of woody, lignified biomass from the thinning, and the consequent lower rates of decomposition and CO2 emission.RESUMO Objetivou-se com este trabalho investigar as alterações ocorridas na deposição, acumulação e taxas de decomposição da serapilheira, além da respirometria do solo em floresta tropical seca decorrente do uso e cobertura do solo. O estudo foi conduzido em duas microbacias hidrográficas adjacentes no município de Iguatu, Ceará, Brasil. Uma das microbacias encontrava-se com a vegetação conservada há 35 anos (RC35) enquanto a segunda foi submetida ao raleamento da vegetação por 5 anos (TC5). Dentre as variáveis analisadas as principais foram: frações de serapilheira depositada em coletores e acumulada no solo; constante de decomposição e respirometria do solo. Os dados foram submetidos à análise estatística e confrontados pelo Teste t (pd”0,05). A deposição total de serapilheira nos coletores durante os 12 meses monitorados (abril/ 2013 a março/2014) foi da ordem de 1.300 kg ha-1 ano-1 paraTC5, diferindo estatisticamente (pd”0,05) da RC35 (4.019 kg ha-1 ano-1). A serapilheira acumulada no solo para os dois usos não apresentaram diferença entre si (p>0,05). A manutenção da conservação de serapilheira no solo da TC5 está associada aos maiores aportes de fitomassa lenhosa lignificada proveniente do raleamento, e consequentemente das menores taxas de decomposição e emissão de CO2.

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AQUINO, D. D. N., ANDRADE, E. M. D., PALÁCIO, H. A. D. Q., & PEREIRA JÚNIOR, L. R. (2018). NUTRIENT CYCLING AND CO2 EMISSIONS IN AREAS OF PRESERVED AND THINNED CAATINGA. Revista Árvore, 41(3). https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-90882017000300008

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