High heterogeneity in soil composition and quality in different mangrove forests of Venezuela

Mangrove forests play an important role in biogeochemical cycles of metals, nutrients, and C in coastal ecosystems. However, these functions could be strongly affected by the mangrove soil degradation. In this study, we performed an intensive sampling characterizing mangrove soils under different types of environment (lagoon/gulf) and vegetation (Rhizophora/Avicennia/dead mangrove) in the Venezuelan coast. To better understand the spatial heterogeneity of the composition and characteristics of the soils, a wide range of the soil attributes were analyzed. In general, the soils were anoxic (Eh < 200 mV), with a neutral pH and low concentration in toxic metals; nevertheless, they varied widely in the soil and its quality-defining parameters (e.g., clay contents, total organic carbon, Fe, Al, toxic trace metals). It is noteworthy that the mangroves presented a low FePyrite content due to a limitation in the Fe oxyhydroxide contents, especially in soils with higher organic C content (TOC > 15%). Finally, the dead mangrove showed significantly lower amounts of TOC and fibers (in comparison to the well-preserved mangrove forest), which indicates that the C pools in mangrove soils are highly sensitive also to natural impact, such as ENSO.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:189

Enthalten in:

Environmental monitoring and assessment - 189(2017), 10 vom: 18. Sept., Seite 511

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Otero, X L [VerfasserIn]
Méndez, A [VerfasserIn]
Nóbrega, G N [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, T O [VerfasserIn]
Meléndez, W [VerfasserIn]
Macías, F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blue carbon
Dead mangrove
ENSO
Journal Article
Lagoon
Metals
Monitoring
Soil
Trace Elements
Trace metals

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.12.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10661-017-6228-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM275955109