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| Author(s): |
Montes, Celia R.
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Merdy, Patricia
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da Silva, Wilson T. L.
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Ishida, Debora
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Melfi, Adopho J.
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Santin, Roberta C.
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Lucas, Yves
Total Authors: 7
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | CATENA; v. 222, p. 10-pg., 2022-12-08. |
| Abstract | |
Podzol soils are an important carbon pool in the Amazon, due to the high organic matter (OM) content in their topsoil horizons and deep Bh. To quantify the evolution of the stock and the lability of this carbon pool in the hypothesis of the onset of drier climates, we studied a soil toposequence at the end of which the incision of a river meander lowered the water table, as would result from a drier climate, allowing oxidation the Bh horizons. The soil OM was quantified and characterized (physical fractionation, humification indexes, 14C average age) and its lability under oxic conditions was estimated by measuring respiration during a 660-days experiment. Podzol genesis time was calculated by constraining the carbon fluxes using both C stock and 14C average age. The results confirmed that the studied podzols store large amounts of carbon (62.8 kgC m- 2 on average). They resulted from a long genesis time, probably greater than 30-50 ky. Topsoil OM is very labile with a residence time of about 100 y; Bh OM is highly humified with a high C/N (62.7 on average) related to low respiration rates. The measured respiration rates were used to estimate the C emission that would result from drier climates at 55 gC m- 2 y-1 on average during the first 100 y, which would correspond, by extrapolation, to 8.5 1012 gC y-1 for all Amazonian podzols. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/51469-6 - Modelling the dynamics of equatorial forest soil deep carbon in changing environments - C-PROFOR |
| Grantee: | Adolpho José Melfi |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/03250-2 - Quantification and dynamics of carbon associated with deep spodic horizons of Amazon Forest soils, towards possible climatic changed |
| Grantee: | Célia Regina Montes |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/18092-6 - Estimating Soil Carbon Stocks and it Sensibility to Mineralization in Spodic Deep horizons in Podzol located at High Rio Negro Basin |
| Grantee: | Roberta Clemente Santin |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |