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| Author(s): |
Carolina Bozetti Rodrigues
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2017-02-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz;
Sergio Nascimento Duarte;
Ricardo de Oliveira Figueiredo;
Luiz Felippe Salemi;
Maria José Brito Zakia
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| Advisor: | Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz |
| Abstract | |
Eucalyptus is the most planted forest genus in Brazil (5.6 million hectares) and the State of São Paulo has the second largest planted area in the country, with over 970,000 hectares. The intensive management of forest plantations of Eucalyptus, characterized by high productivity, rapid growth and short rotation cycles, as well as the expansion of the forest sector, have caused concerns about the effects of these plantations on the quantity and quality of water resources. In this context, this thesis has been developed in order to contribute to the deepening of knowledge about the effects of Eucalyptus forest plantations management on water resources. Therefore, the second chapter summarizes the results of studies already developed in Brazil involving the measurement of water balance components in Eucalyptus plantations in different biomes, highlighting the results of studies in catchments covered by Eucalyptus forest plantations. In the third chapter, we evaluated the effects of Eucalyptus plantations harvesting and growth on hydrological regime of four catchments. In the fourth chapter, we evaluate effects on water quality and nutrient and suspended solids exports. The review has shown that there are differences between Eucalyptus forest plantations and native vegetation, especially in relation to annual values of discharge/precipitation ratio, which tend to decrease in catchments, between the first and seventh year on planted forests. The results demonstrated the existence of effects due to forest management such as increase in discharge/precipitation ratio (34%), base flow index (4%) and quick flow/precipitation ratio (21%), in the first year after harvest (DC1) in relation to the previous year before harvest (AC), and decreased by 10%, 7% and 2%, respectively, in the fourth year after harvest (DC4) compared to the DC1 year; concentration of suspended solids in DC1 year in relation to AC year and a significant decrease in these concentrations in DC4 year in all studied catchments; and the increase in nutrient exportation and suspended solids in DC1 year with increase in discharge/precipitation ratio and decrease in exports in the year DC4, accompanied by the decrease in discharge/precipitation ratio. In all scales of hydrological regimes (annual, seasonal and daily), individual dynamics were observed in different catchments from those observed in the mean values, demonstrating thus that other factors such as, for example, precipitation, soil type and the average slope, can also influence hydrological regime beyond forest management. These effects show that there is a relationship between forest management and water resources, but it is not possible to say that they compromise water quantity and quality. However, the conjunction of climatic factors, local conditions and stages of forest management can aggravate or mitigate the effects on water quantity and quality, and thus, such aspects should be observed in forest management plans. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/13243-9 - The influence of planted forest management in water quantity and quality at the catchment scale |
| Grantee: | Carolina Bozetti Rodrigues |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |