Soil Organic Matter Responses to Mangrove Restoration: A Replanting Experience in Northeast Brazil

Autor(es)

Zayas Jimenez, Lais Coutinho ^[1] ; Queiroz, Hermano Melo ^[1] ; Luis Otero, Xose ^[2] ; Nobrega, Gabriel Nuto ^[3] ; Ferreira, Tiago Osorio ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo ESALQ USP, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, Av Padua Dias 11, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Sch Biol, CRETUS Inst, Dept Soil Sci & Agr Chem, Santiago De Compostela 15705 - Spain

^[3] Fed Fluminense Univ, Dept Geochem, Grad Program Earth Sci Geochem, BR-24020141 Niteroi, RJ - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH; v. 18, n. 17 SEP 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Mangroves are among the most relevant ecosystems in providing ecosystem services because of their capacity to act as sinks for atmospheric carbon. Thus, restoring mangroves is a strategic pathway for mitigating global climate change. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the organic matter dynamics in mangrove soils during restoration processes. Four mangrove soils under different developmental stages along the northeastern Brazilian coast were studied, including a degraded mangrove (DM); recovering mangroves after 3 years (3Y) and 7 years (7Y) of planting; and a mature mangrove (MM). The soil total organic carbon (C-T) and soil carbon stocks (SCSs) were determined for each area. Additionally, a demineralization procedure was conducted to assess the most complex humidified and recalcitrant fractions of soil organic matter and the fraction participating in organomineral interactions. The particle size distribution was also analyzed. Our results revealed significant differences in the SCS and C-T values between the DM, 3Y and 7Y, and the MM, for which there was a tendency to increase in carbon content with increasing vegetative development. However, based on the metrics used to evaluate organic matter interactions with inorganic fractions, such as low rates of carbon enrichment, C recovery, and low C content after hydrofluoric acid (HF) treatment being similar for the DM and the 3Y and 7Y-this indicated that high carbon losses were coinciding with mineral dissolution. These results indicate that the organic carbon dynamics in degraded and newly planted sites depend more on organomineral interactions, both to maintain their previous SCS and increase it, than mature mangroves. Conversely, the MM appeared to have most of the soil organic carbon, as the stabilized organic matter had a complex structure with a high molecular weight and contributed less in the organomineral interactions to the SCS. These results demonstrate the role of initial mangrove vegetation development in trapping fine mineral particles and favoring organomineral interactions. These findings will help elucidate organic accumulation in different replanted mangrove restoration scenarios. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/04259-2 - Biogeoquímica de ferro e seu controle sobre a dinâmica de metais traço nos solos do estuário do Rio Doce após o "desastre de Mariana"
• Beneficiário: Hermano Melo Queiroz
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado