Carbon and nitrogen flux in the soil-plant-atmosphere system in urban forests of the city of São Paulo, SP

• Grant number: 19/24325-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2020
• End date: July 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maurício Lamano Ferreira
• Grantee: Maurício Lamano Ferreira
• Host Institution: Campus São Paulo. Centro Universitário Adventista São Paulo (UNASP). Instituto Adventista São Paulo (IASP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Andreza Portella Ribeiro ; Cristiano Capellani Quaresma ; Diego de Melo Conti ; Eduardo Pereira Cabral Gomes ; Karina Gonçalves da Silva ; Marisa Domingos ; Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/15272-0 - Carbon stock in the aboveground biomass of four urban forests in the city of São Paulo, SP, BP.TT

Abstract

Studies in natural environment have shown the dynamics of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in primary and secondary forest in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, but little is known about these attributes in urban forests in Brazil. The Brazilian cities have grown disorganized with high demographic indexes and serious problems of landscape alteration, a fact that might bring complications to the flow of C and N in natural systems, thus promoting feedback effects that compromise the maintenance of ecosystems. Thus, this work aims to understand some processes of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in urban forests of the metropolitan region of São Paulo. For this, the flow of these elements between the soil-plant-atmosphere system will be evaluated. Among the main expected results are: i) knowing and comparing the aboveground structure and biomass of the tree communities along four urban forests (measuring 1 ha each) located in the center-periphery direction of the city of São Paulo; ii) preliminary understanding the relationship between meteorological variables, litterfall production and decomposition, and tree diameter increase in the studied communities; iii) knowing the flow and comparing the total values of C and N of the plant-soil-atmosphere system from the canopy, litterfall production, litter decomposition, soil stock and CO2, CH4 and N2O emission, as well as the isotopic values (´13C and ´15N (0)) in the different urban forests. This information will help to understand the dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in urban forests and will foster important data in a new greenhouse gas monitoring system of the Brazilian Federal Government body. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FERREIRA, MAURICIO LAMANO; DALMAS, FABRICIO BAU; SANTANNA, MARYLY; RODRIGUES, ELAINE APARECIDA; SODRE, MARCELO GOMES. Sustainable development in Sao Paulo's Green Belt Biosphere Reserve: between the void of municipal environmental policies and the ecosystem management of the territory. REVISTA DE GESTAO AMBIENTAL E SUSTENTABILIDADE-GEAS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 37-pg., 2023-01-01. (19/24325-2)

FERREIRA, MAURICIO LAMANO; KNIESS, CLAUDIA TEREZINHA; SILVA, WANDERLEY MEIRA; FERREIRA, ANDERSON TARGINO DA SILVA. Urban Forests, Territorial Planning and Political Stability: Key Factors to Face Climate Change in a Megacity. SUSTAINABILITY, v. 15, n. 13, p. 19-pg., 2023-07-01. (19/24325-2)

PEREIRA, MILTON AUGUSTO GONCALVES; DOMINGOS, MARISA; DA SILVA, EMERSON ALVES; ARAGAKI, SONIA; RAMON, MAURO; DE CAMARGO, PLINIO BARBOSA; FERREIRA, MAURICIO LAMANO. Isotopic composition (d(13)C and d(15)N) in the soil-plant system of subtropical urban forests. Science of The Total Environment, v. 851, p. 11-pg., 2022-08-27. (19/24325-2)

RAMON, MAURO; RIBEIRO, ANDREZA PORTELLA; SAWAMURA THEOPHILO, CAROLINA YUME; MOREIRA, EDSON GONCALVES; DE CAMARGO, PLINIO BARBOSA; DE BRAGANCA PEREIRA, CARLOS ALBERTO; SARAIVA, ERLANDSON FERREIRA; TAVARES, ARMANDO DOS REIS; DIAS, ANTONIO GUERNER; NOWAK, DAVID; et al. Assessment of four urban forest as environmental indicator of air quality: a study in a brazilian megacity. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, v. N/A, p. 11-pg., 2022-10-18. (19/24325-2, 17/50343-2)

RODRIGUES, ELAINE APARECIDA; FERREIRA, MAURICIO LAMANO; DE CARVALHO, AMANDA RODRIGUES; WILLIAM VEGA BUSTILLOS, JOSE OSCAR; BRAGA MORAES VICTOR, RODRIGO ANTONIO; SODRE, MARCELO GOMES; DE ANDRADE, DELVONEI ALVES. Land, Water, and Climate Issues in Large and Megacities under the Lens of Nuclear Science: An Approach for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG11). SUSTAINABILITY, v. 14, n. 20, p. 19-pg., 2022-10-01. (19/24325-2)

FERREIRA, MAURICIO LAMANO; BARBOSA, MARCELO FERREIRA; CABRAL GOMES, EDUARDO PEREIRA; BRANCO DO NASCIMENTO, ANA PAULA; DE LUCA, EDGAR FERNANDO; DA SILVA, KARINA GONCALVES; FRANCA, ULISSES BEZERRA; DE CAMARGO, PLINIO BARBOSA; LAFORTEZZA, RAFFAELE. Ecological implications of twentieth century reforestation programs for the urban forests of Sao Paulo, Brazil: a study based on litterfall and nutrient cycling. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES, v. 10, n. 1, MAY 1 2021. (19/24325-2)