ABSTRACT The use of fire to prepare agricultural areas is a technique still used by small farmers in eastern Amazon. This type of management changes the dynamics of soil nutrients, especially phosphorus, which constitutes the most limiting nutrient for crop production in tropical soils. This study was carried out to evaluate changes in phosphorus forms in an Argissolo Amarelo Distrófico (Ultisol) submitted to burning and trituration of secondary forest in eastern Amazon. The evaluated systems were: slash-and-burn of vegetation; slash-and-mulch of vegetation; and secondary vegetation. The labile, moderately labile, moderately recalcitrant, available and total phosphorus fractions were assessed at the soil depths of 0.00-0.05, 0.05-0.10 and 0.10-0.20 m. The results showed a predominance of soluble P in acid (moderately labile P) over other forms in all management systems. The management systems influence the content and distribution of the forms of P, where the slash-and-mulch system presented the prevalence of the labile fraction, and the slash-and-burn system contained less labile forms. The slash-and-mulch system favored the accumulation of labile P and total organic P.

O estudo foi realizado na Ilha de Algodoal/Maiandeua no nordeste do Estado do Pará (00° 34' 35" S, 00° 40'00" S e 47° 39'35" WGr, 47° 3Γ25" WGr). Amostraram-se o solo e a matéria orgânica leve, nas profundidades de 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm c 10-20 cm, e a manta orgânica ao longo de uma toposseqüência com solos e cobertura vegetal diversificados. Não foram verificadas diferenças estatísticas entre os componentes químicos da fração ácido fúlvico nos solos estudados.

This paper shows the results of a survey in Algodoal/Mainadeua Island, Pará State Coastal Zone (00° 34' 35" S, 00° 40'00" S e 47° 39'35" WGr, 47° 3125" WGr). Samples were colleted from the organic surface layer (litter), light organic matter and soil (depths 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm and 10-20 cm) along a toposequence with diversified soils and vegetation cover. There were no statistical differences between the chemical components of the fulvic acid fraction in the soils ander study.