Past and present land use influences on tropical riparian zones: an isotopic assessment with implications for riparian forest width determination
Abstract In this article, by using carbon stable isotopes, we assessed the past and present land use influences that riparian areas are subject within agricultural landscapes. Emphasis is given to the understanding of the effects of the 2012 Brazilian Forest Act on such areas. We selected five riparian areas within a highly C4 dominated agricultural landscape. Three of them had 30 meters native riparian forest buffer (NRFB) and two of them had 8 meter and no NRFB. We used three 100 meter-transects located 5, 15 and 30 meters relative to stream channel to obtain soil samples (0 - 10 cm). All riparian areas presented soil carbon isotopic signatures that are not C3 (native forests) irrespective of having or not 30 meters NRFB. Two cases presenting less than 30 meters NRFB had higher C4 derived carbon contribution. All of the other three areas that followed the 30 meters NRFB presented, to some degree, C4 derived carbon, which was attributed to C4 organic matter deposition originated from cultivated areas and, in one case, to the persistence of former exotic grasses. With the 2012 Forest Act allowing narrower buffers (< 30 meters), we expect C4 contributions to soil organic matter to remain high in riparian areas and streams within agricultural landscapes dominated by C4 plants where 30 meter NRFB is no longer required. Such contributions will likely continue to have detrimental effects on stream water quality and biota.
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oai:scielo:S1676-060320160002002102016-07-11Past and present land use influences on tropical riparian zones: an isotopic assessment with implications for riparian forest width determinationSalemi,Luiz FelippeLins,Silvia Rafaela MachadoRavagnani,Elizabethe de CamposMagioli,MarceloMartinez,Melissa GasteGuerra,FernandoVidas,Natassia BoniniFransozi,AlineFerraz,Silvio Frosini de BarrosMartinelli,Luiz Antonio Watershed Soil degradation Organic matter Sediment Carbon cycling Abstract In this article, by using carbon stable isotopes, we assessed the past and present land use influences that riparian areas are subject within agricultural landscapes. Emphasis is given to the understanding of the effects of the 2012 Brazilian Forest Act on such areas. We selected five riparian areas within a highly C4 dominated agricultural landscape. Three of them had 30 meters native riparian forest buffer (NRFB) and two of them had 8 meter and no NRFB. We used three 100 meter-transects located 5, 15 and 30 meters relative to stream channel to obtain soil samples (0 - 10 cm). All riparian areas presented soil carbon isotopic signatures that are not C3 (native forests) irrespective of having or not 30 meters NRFB. Two cases presenting less than 30 meters NRFB had higher C4 derived carbon contribution. All of the other three areas that followed the 30 meters NRFB presented, to some degree, C4 derived carbon, which was attributed to C4 organic matter deposition originated from cultivated areas and, in one case, to the persistence of former exotic grasses. With the 2012 Forest Act allowing narrower buffers (< 30 meters), we expect C4 contributions to soil organic matter to remain high in riparian areas and streams within agricultural landscapes dominated by C4 plants where 30 meter NRFB is no longer required. Such contributions will likely continue to have detrimental effects on stream water quality and biota.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESPBiota Neotropica v.16 n.2 20162016-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032016000200210en10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2015-0133 |
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Salemi,Luiz Felippe Lins,Silvia Rafaela Machado Ravagnani,Elizabethe de Campos Magioli,Marcelo Martinez,Melissa Gaste Guerra,Fernando Vidas,Natassia Bonini Fransozi,Aline Ferraz,Silvio Frosini de Barros Martinelli,Luiz Antonio |
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Salemi,Luiz Felippe Lins,Silvia Rafaela Machado Ravagnani,Elizabethe de Campos Magioli,Marcelo Martinez,Melissa Gaste Guerra,Fernando Vidas,Natassia Bonini Fransozi,Aline Ferraz,Silvio Frosini de Barros Martinelli,Luiz Antonio |
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Past and present land use influences on tropical riparian zones: an isotopic assessment with implications for riparian forest width determination |
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Past and present land use influences on tropical riparian zones: an isotopic assessment with implications for riparian forest width determination |
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Past and present land use influences on tropical riparian zones: an isotopic assessment with implications for riparian forest width determination |
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Abstract In this article, by using carbon stable isotopes, we assessed the past and present land use influences that riparian areas are subject within agricultural landscapes. Emphasis is given to the understanding of the effects of the 2012 Brazilian Forest Act on such areas. We selected five riparian areas within a highly C4 dominated agricultural landscape. Three of them had 30 meters native riparian forest buffer (NRFB) and two of them had 8 meter and no NRFB. We used three 100 meter-transects located 5, 15 and 30 meters relative to stream channel to obtain soil samples (0 - 10 cm). All riparian areas presented soil carbon isotopic signatures that are not C3 (native forests) irrespective of having or not 30 meters NRFB. Two cases presenting less than 30 meters NRFB had higher C4 derived carbon contribution. All of the other three areas that followed the 30 meters NRFB presented, to some degree, C4 derived carbon, which was attributed to C4 organic matter deposition originated from cultivated areas and, in one case, to the persistence of former exotic grasses. With the 2012 Forest Act allowing narrower buffers (< 30 meters), we expect C4 contributions to soil organic matter to remain high in riparian areas and streams within agricultural landscapes dominated by C4 plants where 30 meter NRFB is no longer required. Such contributions will likely continue to have detrimental effects on stream water quality and biota. |
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