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| Author(s): |
Denise Teresinha Gonçalves Bizuti
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2011-06-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Marisa de Cassia Piccolo;
Plinio Barbosa de Camargo;
Jose Carlos Casagrande
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| Advisor: | Marisa de Cassia Piccolo |
| Abstract | |
Currently projects regarding soil-plant interaction in natural ecosystems that involve recovery of degraded areas are in high demand. Studies have shown that nutrient cycling, especially in low fertility soil, is responsible for forest maintenance. Phosphorus cycling demands higher attention because of its low availability and high adsorption capacity in tropical soil. Therefore, organic phosphorus is important for reducing the effect of such processes, maintaining itself in the form of organic compounds in soil. The aim of this study was to evaluate phosphorus cycling throughout altitudinal gradient of Rain Forest in the Picinguaba (Ubatuba-SP) and Santa Virginia (São Luis do Paraitinga) Study Centers, quantitatively determining organic and inorganic compartments in which phosphorus is retained. In the Rain Forest, areas of Restinga Forest (altitude of 5 to 20m), Lowland Forest (50 to 100m), Submontane Forest (300 to 600m), Montane Forest (aroud 1000m altitude) and also pasture areas (810m) were evaluated. Litterfall samples were collected according to seasonal variation (dry and wet seasons). Soil fertility studies were carried out up to 0.4m of depth, in layers of 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-30 e 30-40 cm, a total of five layers of soil for each ecosystem studied. For each layer, sequential fractionation of phosphorus was carried out. In soil and litterfall, chemical analysis of N and C contents to evaluate the relation of such compounds with P were also carried out. The highest productions of litterfall were found in lower altitude phytophisionomies. As for levels and storage of C, N and P of litterfall, only the levels of N differed among the areas. Related with the studied areas, Restinga presented higher efficiency in P cycling, as well as lower resilience regarding other phytophisionomies. The evaluated areas presented the same supplying capacity as the moderate labile Po compartment (Po NaOH), independent of altitude, fixating agents and of geological age of soil. Because of sequential fractionation of phosphorus, the contribution of organic phosphorous (Po NaHCO3 and Po NaOH), present in the soil, achieved in general 50% of topsoil layers, because of labile and moderate labile compartments available to plants in a short and medium term. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/15175-5 - Cycling of phosphorus in Ombrophylus Dense Forest at the Núcleos Picinguaba and Santa Virgínia-SP |
| Grantee: | Denise Teresinha Gonçalves Bizuti |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |