Cálculo del contenido de carbono del estrato arbustivo del bosque de la Estación Científica Kutukú, parroquia Sevilla de Oro, cantón Macas
The present investigation was developed at the forest that belongs to the Kutukú Scientific Center. Its objective was to determine the amount of carbon stored at the bush stratum inside the forest, which covers about ten hectares of surface. A nondestructive sampling was used which means that it was...
| Autor Principal: | Recalde Bravo, Ariel Nicole |
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| Formato: | bachelorThesis |
| Idioma: | spa |
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2016
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http://dspace.ups.edu.ec/handle/123456789/13069 |
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The present investigation was developed at the forest that belongs to the Kutukú Scientific Center. Its objective was to determine the amount of carbon stored at the bush stratum inside the forest, which covers about ten hectares of surface. A nondestructive sampling was used which means that it wasn’t necessary any kind of cutting down of any bush. In the area of 1ha taken as an object of study, the overall height of the shaft of individuals and the diameter at breast height (DBH), including bushes with a diameter of 2 cm was measured. With all the information gathered, work with formulas was developed in order to determine the variables such as: basal area, volume, forest biomass, stored carbon and carbon dioxide stored.
For processing the information, it was worked with the Statistics Package for Social Studies (SPSS), and from it some histograms were obtained. They show the relationship frequency-variable.
The results show that the volume the bush species occupy is of 10,613 m³/ha. The forest’s carbon dioxide storage capacity is of 3,821 t/ha de C y 14,021 t/ha. It is also worth to mention that the Melastomataceae family has a greater storage capacity with 5,732 t/ha (40,88 %) de C y 5,732 t/ha (40,88 %) CO₂. About the species, the most representative is the Faramea quinqueflora Poepp.& Endl. the one that holds a greater quantity of carbon dioxide with an amount of 3,985 t/ha (28,42 %) and 1,086 t/ha (28,42 %) of C. These quantities show the potential that the bush species have in order to store C. |
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