Open AccessCarbon in forest species of the Atlantic Forest as an indicator of stocks and quality
Author(s) -
Ane Cristine Fortes da Silva,
Fernando José Freire,
César Henrique Alves Borges,
Emmanoella Costa Guaraná Araujo,
Ernandes Macedo da Cunha Neto,
Carlos Roberto Sanquetta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
floresta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1982-4688
pISSN - 0015-3826
DOI - 10.5380/rf.v51i3.71644
Subject(s) - sapotaceae , carbon stock , rainforest , burseraceae , biomass (ecology) , carbon sequestration , atlantic forest , biology , botany , forestry , ecology , environmental science , geography , carbon dioxide , climate change
The objective is to quantify the carbon content (C) of the reservoirs of plant biomass of different species in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in Northeast Brazil. Ten species of high absolute density were selected. We sampled biomass from the leaf and wood compartments of each species to determine the C content. There was a difference in leaf C levels between species. The C content in leaves of species varied between 451.4 and 456.7 g kg-1. The C content of the wood of species varied between 451.7 and 456.8 g kg-1. The group formed by the families Burseraceae, Moraceae, and Sapotaceae showed higher average levels of C in leaves. The Burseraceae family had the highest average C content in the species' wood. The use of a pre-established carbon content (500 g kg-1) may generate inconsistent estimates higher than the real values for the species and families in an Atlantic Forest environment. We suggest that C stock estimates use specific levels for species and/or families, contributing to a more realistic estimate of C storage patterns in the shoot biomass of Atlantic Forest species.Keywords: Carbon concentration; Carbon sequestration; Tropical Rainforest.