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Carbon in Physical Fractions and Organic Matter Chemical Composition of an Acrisol after Amazon Forest Burning and Conversion into Pasture

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate impacts of Amazon Forest (AF) fire and conversion to pasture on carbon accumulation in particle size fractions and organic matter (OM) composition of an Acrisol. Soil samples were collected (0.00-2.00 m depth) in three sites: native AF (NAF); AF under natural regeneration for two years after burning (BAF); 23-years old Brachiaria pasture after AF burning (BRA). Assuming NAF area as reference, BAF and BRA areas showed negative carbon balance when carbon emitted to the atmosphere at AF burning is taken into account. Soil OM aromaticity and hydrophobicity, assessed via 13C nuclear magnetic resonance, in BRA and BAF were similar to that in NAF. Fire and post-fire land use altered the carbon distribution in sand, silt and clay along the soil profile and seem to have affected organo-mineral and OM self-assemblage interactions, since the relation between total soil carbon and carbon in clay was asymptotic in BAF and linear in NAF and BRA.

Keywords:
clay; saturation; deep stocks; aromaticity; 13C NMR


Introduction

In 2013, 115,484 active fire points, mainly man and also naturally induced, were detected in Brazil, the lowest number since the year 2000 (101,532). However, this number substantially increased to 183,693 in 2014 and to 236,066 in 2015 and in the time span from January to July 2017 this number enhanced by 38% if compared to that registered for the same period in 2015.11 http://www.inpe.br/queimadas, accessed on July 30, 2017.
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Cerrado and Amazon are the Brazilian biomes most affected by fire,22 http://www.inpe.br/queimadas, accessed on February 18, 2015.
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which usually aims the clearing of the area for agriculture purposes, as pasture implementation, the dominant land use in Brazilian Amazon.33 Fearnside, P. M.; Conserv. Biol. 2005, 19, 680. In fact, approximately 62% of the deforested Amazon areas have been turned to pasture.44 Almeida, C. A.; Coutinho, A. C.; Equerdo, J. C. D. M.; Adami, M.; Venturieri, A.; Diniz, C. G.; Dessay, N.; Durieux, L.; Gomes, A. R.; Acta Amazonica 2016, 46, 291. In the short term, fire generally promotes a soil fertilizing effect due to the mineralization of biomass and ashes addition to the soil. However, if no further soil amendment is performed, nutrients concentration in soil tends to decrease after few months, frequently to concentrations lower than originally. Consequently, these areas are soon abandoned by farmers and new forest sites are sought for cattle raising, expanding burned and deforested areas in Amazon Forest (AF).55 Luizão, F. J.; Fearnside, P. M.; Cerri, C. E. P.; Lehmann, J. In Amazonia and Global Change, 1st ed.; Keller, M.; Bustamante, M.; Gash, J.; Dias, P. S., eds.; American Geophysical Union: Washington, USA, 2009, p. 311.,66 Fearnside, P. M. In Conservação da Biodiversidade em Paisagens Antropizadas do Brasil, 1ª ed.; Peres, C. A.; Gardner, T. A.; Barlow, J.; Vieira, I. C. G., eds.; Editora da Universidade Federal do Paraná: Curitiba, Brazil, 2013, ch. 3, p. 29-62. Fire and deforestation affect not only aboveground carbon (C) stocks of AF, but also soil organic matter (SOM) composition and stocks. Post-fire land management, e.g. forest regeneration or agriculture, will strongly drive accumulation or depletion of SOM stocks and changes on organic matter composition, influencing C balance positively or negatively in relation to the undisturbed forest.77 Fearnside, P. M.; Reg. Environ. Change 2018, 18, 47.

The literature reports decrease as well as increase in SOM content after vegetation burning events.88 Roscoe, R.; Buurman, P.; Velthorst, E. J.; Pereira, J. A. A.; Geoderma 2000, 95, 141.

9 Johnson, D. W.; Curtis, P. S.; For. Ecol. Manage. 2001, 140, 227.

10 Santín, C.; Knicker, H.; Fernández, S.; Menéndez-Duarte, R.; Álvarez, M. A.; Catena 2008, 74, 286.
-1111 Jimenez-Gonzalez, M. A.; De La Rosa, J. M.; Jimenez-Morillo, N. T.; Almendros, G.; González-Perez, J. A.; Knicker, H.; Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 572, 1414. Usually, loss of labile organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and increase in aromatic and polyaromatic C compounds (pyrogenic C, PyC) are observed right after vegetation burning, shifting SOM composition towards a higher aromatic and hydrophobic character, specially within the first soil layers.1212 Knicker, H.; González-Vila, F. J.; Polvillo, O.; González, J. A.; Almendros, G.; Soil Biol. Biochem. 2005, 37, 701.,1313 Knicker, H.; Nikolova, R.; Dick, D. P.; Dalmolin, R. S. D.; Geoderma 2012, 181-182, 11.

Recently, the contribution of PyC to the total soil C in Amazon Basin soils has been estimated to increase progressively in depth, from 2.5% at 0.00-0.05 m depth up to 11% at 150-2.00 m depth, values considerably higher than previously reported in the literature.1414 Bird, M. I.; Wynn, J. G.; Saiz, G.; Wurster, C. M.; McBeath, A.; Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 2015, 43, 273.,1515 Koele, N.; Bird, M.; Haig, J.; Marimon-Junior, B. H.; Marimon, B. S.; Phillips, O. L.; Oliveira, E. A.; Quesada, C. A.; Feldpausch, T. R.; Geoderma 2017, 306, 237. Considering that the hydrophobicity of PyC compounds affects the soil sorption capacity, altering organo-mineral interactions and consequently the stability of SOM,1616 Knicker, H.; Biogeochemistry 2007, 85, 91. these findings suggest that C accumulation in mineral fractions, particularly at deep soil depths, must be assessed in order to elucidate the post-fire C dynamics in Amazonian soils.

Silt and especially clay have greater available, but still limited, surface area for organo-mineral interactions than sand. Therefore, fine-textured soils usually accumulate more C, although silt and clay are subjected to C saturation.1717 Stewart, C. E.; Paustian, K.; Conant, R. T.; Plante, A. F.; Six, J.; Soil Biol. Biochem. 2008, 40, 1741. Studies dedicated to investigate C saturation levels in mineral soil fractions have been performed in soils under agricultural management.1818 Diekow, J.; Bayer, C.; Conceição, P. C.; Zanatta, J. A.; Martin-Neto, L.; Milori, D. M. B. P.; Salton, J. C.; Macedo, M. M.; Mielniczuk, J.; Hernani, L. C.; Eur. J. Soil Sci. 2009, 60, 240.

19 Reis, C. E. S.; Dick, D. P.; Caldas, J. S.; Bayer, C.; Sci. Agric. 2014, 71, 259.
-2020 Nicoloso, R. S.; Rice, C. W.; Amado, T. J. C.; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2016, 80, 147. In Amazonian soils, studies on C retention capacity and saturation of silt and clay are scarce, and could elucidate the effectiveness of undisturbed and fire-affected soils either under natural regeneration or pasture to sequester C.

Fire events and post-fire land use change, mainly to pasture, are realistic scenarios in AF and should be carefully considered by the scientific community, since it may affect SOM dynamics and thus global warming. In fact, the Brazilian Government has committed at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference of 2009 to reduce 36 to 39% of its greenhouse gas emissions (1 billion tons of CO2 equivalent) by 2020. For that, the Government has established several strategies as for example to reduce Amazon deforestation rates by 80%.2121 Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA); Plano Setorial de Mitigação e de Adaptação às Mudanças Climáticas para a Consolidação de Uma Economia de Baixa Emissão de Carbono na Agricultura, 1a ed.; MAPA/ACS: Brasília, Brazil, 2012.

In this context, this work aimed to compare areas under pasture and natural forest regeneration after AF burning to an undisturbed AF site regarding their soil C stocks in depth and mineral fractions, C retention capacity and SOM composition. This work is part of a pioneer study in Acre State, Brazil, Western Amazon, investigating greenhouse gas emission rates from controlled forest fire experiments, conducted with governmental permission.2222 Carvalho Jr., J. A.; Amaral, S. S.; Costa, M. A. M.; Soares Neto, T. G.; Veras, C. A. G.; Costa, F. S.; van Leeuwen, T. T.; Krieger Filho, G. C.; Tourigny, E.; Forti, M. C.; Fostier, A. H.; Siqueira, M. B.; Santos, J. C.; Lima, B. A.; Cascão, P.; Ortega, G.; Frade Jr., E. F.; Atmos. Environ. 2016, 135, 73.

Experimental

Experimental site: controlled forest burning

The studied area is located in Cruzeiro do Sul municipality, Acre State, Brazil, and belongs to a local farmer (Santa Luzia settlement) (Figure 1). The climate where the experiment is located is tropical humid without dry season (Af according to Köppen’s classification).2323 Alvares, C. A.; Stape, J. L.; Sentelhas, P. C.; Gonçalves, J. L. M.; Sparovek, G.; Meteorol. Z. 2013, 22, 711. The annual mean temperature is 24.9 ºC, the annual rainfall rate is 2,280 mm and the relative humidity is 86%. The soil is classified as Argissolo Vermelho distrófico plíntico according to the Brazilian soil classification2424 Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa); Sistema Brasileiro de Classificação de Solos, 2a ed.; Embrapa: Brasília, Brazil, 2006. and as Acrisol.2525 IUSS Working Group WRB; World Soil Resources Reports No. 106: World Reference Base for Soils Resources 2014, Update 2015, International Soil Classification System for Naming Soils and Creating Legends for Soil Maps; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Rome, Italy, 2015.

Figure 1
Experimental site location within Cruzeiro do Sul municipality, Acre State, Brazil. NAF: native Amazon Forest; BAF: burned Amazon Forest; BRA: Brachiaria pasture.

An area of 4 ha of primary forest (open ombrophilous forest with palm trees) was selected and properly isolated for preventig fire spreading. In July 2010, the vegetation of this area was cut and left to be dried under field conditions for three months, and in September 2010 it was burned (slash-burn). This experiment has been developed with the authorization of the responsible Brazilian government agencies (Instituto do Meio Ambiente do Acre and Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado do Acre).2222 Carvalho Jr., J. A.; Amaral, S. S.; Costa, M. A. M.; Soares Neto, T. G.; Veras, C. A. G.; Costa, F. S.; van Leeuwen, T. T.; Krieger Filho, G. C.; Tourigny, E.; Forti, M. C.; Fostier, A. H.; Siqueira, M. B.; Santos, J. C.; Lima, B. A.; Cascão, P.; Ortega, G.; Frade Jr., E. F.; Atmos. Environ. 2016, 135, 73. Figure 2 shows the weather conditions of Cruzeiro do Sul between 2008 and 2012, comprising 2010, when the slash-and-burn of vegetation was performed (June-September).

Figure 2
Precipitation (PPT) and maximum, average and minimum temperatures (Tmax, Taver and Tmin, respectively) in Cruzeiro do Sul between 2008 and 2012.

The total fresh biomass of the test field was 688 t ha-1, from which 85% was made up by plants with diameter at breast height (DBH) > 10 cm and 15% by litter and plants with DBH < 10 cm. The amount of aboveground C was estimated as 191 t ha-1 before burning. Considering a total biomass consumption of 40%, the amount of C released to the atmosphere was estimated as 74.3 Mg ha-1.2222 Carvalho Jr., J. A.; Amaral, S. S.; Costa, M. A. M.; Soares Neto, T. G.; Veras, C. A. G.; Costa, F. S.; van Leeuwen, T. T.; Krieger Filho, G. C.; Tourigny, E.; Forti, M. C.; Fostier, A. H.; Siqueira, M. B.; Santos, J. C.; Lima, B. A.; Cascão, P.; Ortega, G.; Frade Jr., E. F.; Atmos. Environ. 2016, 135, 73.

Soil sampling

Two years after burning, in September 2012, representative soil samples were collected from the burned Amazon Forest (BAF), which was under natural regeneration since burning in 2010. Soil samples were collected in two areas adjacent to BAF: native Amazon Forest, unburned (NAF); and pasture area under Brachiaria brizantha cultivation (BRA). The BRA area was under native AF until 1989, when the area was cleared by slash-and-burn of the vegetation and Brachiaria pasture was implemented. According to local farmers, this was the only fire event in BRA area until soil sampling in 2012.

The BAF, NAF and BRA are adjacent areas and belong to the same soil class (Acrisol). Soil samples were collected at 11 depths. See Table 1 for sampled soil depths and particle size distribution.

Table 1
Particle size distribution along the Acrisol profile

Soil physical fractionation and carbon and nitrogen analyses

Soil samples from depths 0.00-0.05, 0.05-0.10, 0.20-0.30, 0.40-0.50, 0.75-1.00 and 1.00-1.50 m were subjected to particle size fractionation (in duplicate) according to Reis et al.1919 Reis, C. E. S.; Dick, D. P.; Caldas, J. S.; Bayer, C.; Sci. Agric. 2014, 71, 259. In a 100 mL glass tube, 15 g of soil and 50 mL of distilled water were added. The suspension was mechanically shaken in horizontal position for 16 h and thereafter passed through a 53-µm sieve. The sand fraction and the particulate organic matter were retained by the sieve. The portion passing through the sieve was sonicated with energy required to obtain 99% dispersion and separate silt and clay fractions. The energy was previously calculated based on the energy mL-1 × dispersed clay g kg-1 curve, where clay was recovered after application of increasing energies. Different dispersing energies were applied to the suspension acording to the soil depth: 0.00-0.05 and 0.05-0.10 m (157 J mL-1), 0.20-0.30 m (233 J mL-1), 0.40-0.50 m (93 J mL-1), and 0.75-1.00 and 1.00-1.50 m (123 J mL-1). The dispersed suspension was transferred to a glass tube and its volume was completed to 1 L with distilled water. The clay fraction was removed from the tube by successive collections according to Stoke’s law, remaining only distilled water and the silt fraction in the tube. Both silt and clay fractions were flocculated with 1 mol L-1 HCl solution, dried in oven at 50 ºC, weighed and milled in a mortar. The proportion of clay and silt fractions were obtained gravimetrically. The proportion of sand was obtained as %sand = 100% – (%silt + %clay).

C and nitrogen (N) contents of the soil (Csoil, Nsoil), clay (Cclay, Nclay) and silt (Csilt, Nsilt) were determined by dry combustion (PerkinElmer 2400, detection limit 0.01%). The C and N contents in the sand (Csand, Nsand) were obtained as Csand = Csoil – (Cclay + Csilt) and Nsand = Nsoil – (Nclay + Nsilt).

The Csoil and Nsoil stocks were calculated according to the equivalent mass method using NAF as reference.2626 Ellert, B. H.; Bettany, J. R.; Can. J. Soil Sci. 1995, 75, 529.

Carbon retention capacity and deficit of carbon saturation in soil fractions

The C retention capacity (Crc) of clay and silt fractions was estimated by relating it to Csoil. The Cclay of the soil under BAF best fitted to the exponential maximum equation Cclay = a + b(1 – ecCsoil), while Csilt from BAF and Cclay and Csilt from NAF and BRA best fitted to a linear equation Cclay or Csilt = a + b(Csoil). The symbols a, b and c are constants and Cclay, Csilt and Csoil correspond to the C content (in g kg-1) in each compartment. The maximum Crc of clay fraction under BAF was calculated by the exponential equation described above assuming Csoil tending to infinity.

The C saturation deficit (Csd) of the clay fraction under BAF was calculated for each soil depth according to the equation Csd = Crc – Cclay, according to Angers et al.2727 Angers, D. A.; Arrouays, D.; Saby, N. P. A.; Walter, C.; Soil Use Manage. 2011, 27, 448.

Solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (13C NMR)

Whole soil samples collected at 0.00-0.05, 0.05-0.10 and 0.40-0.50 m depth were selected for 13C NMR analysis. Previous to analysis, the samples were treated with hydrofluoric acid (HF) solution to concentrate organic matter and remove paramagnetic materials.2828 Gonçalves, C. N.; Dalmolin, R. S. D.; Dick, D. P.; Knicker, H.; Klamt, E.; Kögel-Knaber, I.; Geoderma 2003, 116, 373. Samples were mechanically shaken with 10% HF in centrifuge tubes for 2 h. The suspension was centrifuged (2000 g) for 10 min and the supernatant was removed and discarded. This procedure was repeated six times. The material remaining in the tube was washed with distilled water, dried in oven at 50 ºC and milled in a mortar.

The soild-state 13C NMR spectra were obtained with a Bruker Avance III 600 MHz spectrometer operating at a resonance frequency of 150.91 MHz. The cross polarization magic angle spinning (CPMAS) procedure was used with a spinning speed of 15 kHz and a contact time for crossed polarization of 1 ms. Spectra of samples collected at 0.40-0.50 m depth could not be obtained due to its low C content even after HF treatment. Between 11,700 and 42,000 scans were accumulated depending on the C content of the samples. The chemical shifts were reported relative to tetramethylsilane scale (0 ppm), which was adjusted with glycine (COOH = 176.08 ppm). The contributions of the various C groups to the Csoil were calculated using MestreNova 8.1 by integrating spectrum subregions, which are assigned to specific C groups, as follows: 0-45 ppm, alkyl C; 45-60 ppm, N-alkyl C; 60-110 ppm, O-alkyl C; 110-160 ppm, aryl C; and 160-220 ppm, carboxyl C.2929 Knicker, H.; Org. Geochem. 2011, 42, 867.

The hydrophobicity index (HI) of the SOM was calculated according to Abelmann et al.3030 Abelmann, K.; Kleineidam, S.; Knicker, H.; Grathwohl, P.; Kögel-Knabner, I.; J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 2005, 168, 293. as follows: HI = (alkyl C + aryl C) / (O-alkyl C + carboxyl C).

Data analysis

Representative soil samples were collected from modal profiles in BAF, NAF and BRA areas. Sites with similar topographic positions and same soil class were selected for soil sampling in order to minimize variations. Additionally, laboratory replicates were performed. The data was evaluated by descriptive analysis. Mean and standard deviation of Csoil and Nsoil were calculated based on two chemical replicates. The soil particle size fractionation was performed in duplicate and therefore the mean and standard deviation of Csand, Cclay, Csilt, Nsand, Nsilt, Nclay were calculated based on the chemical analysis of each duplicate.

Results and Discussion

Total soil carbon (Csoil) and nitrogen (Nsoil) contents and stocks

Decrease of Csoil content along the soil profile was observed in the three areas. Csoil content varied from 2.3 to 17.9 g kg-1 in BAF, 1.2 to 14.5 g kg-1 in NAF and 2.4 to 10.1 g kg-1 in BRA (Table 2). The effects of forest burning and conversion of AF to pasture on Csoil contents were remarkable within 0.00-0.20 m depth, especially at 0.00-0.05 m, where Csoil content of BAF area was 23 and 77% greater than that in NAF and BRA, respectively. The burning of the aboveground biomass leads to the addition of organic matter to the soil, particularly of compounds with aromatic and hydrophobic character, which are more resistant to biochemical degradation and therefore, tend to accumulate in fire-affected soils.1616 Knicker, H.; Biogeochemistry 2007, 85, 91. However, in our study, increase in SOM aromaticity in BAF compared to NAF was not evidenced by 13C NMR spectroscopy (Table 3). It seems that the addition of new organic material to the soil due to forest regeneration (for two years) after burning, had a stronger effect on Csoil content increase in BAF than the accumulation of PyC.

Table 2
Total soil carbon (Csoil) and nitrogen (Nsoil) contents and stocks along the profile of an Acrisol under burned Amazon Forest (BAF), native Amazon Forest (NAF) and Brachiaria pasture (BRA) (values are mean ± standard deviation)
Table 3
Proportional distribution of carbon functional groups obtained by 13C NMR CPMAS and hydrophobicity index (HI) at 0.00-0.05 and 0.05-0.10 m depths of an Acrisol under burned Amazon Forest (BAF), native Amazon Forest (NAF) and Brachiaria pasture (BRA). Values were obtained from composite samples

The lower Csoil content of BRA area, especially at 0.00-0.05 m, in comparison to that observed in BAF and NAF areas, can be assigned to the inadequate management of the pasture and the high exportation of biomass by the livestock, leading to lower annual deposition of plant residues onto the soil along 23 years of cattle raising. Furthermore, in BRA, the SOM derived from the forest may have been decomposed and lost after the conversion of forest to pasture. In this context, Araújo et al.3131 Araújo, E. A.; Ker, J. C.; Mendonça, E. S.; Silva, I. R.; Oliveira, E. K.; Acta Amazonica 2011, 41, 103. observed that up to 70% of the SOM derived from AF was lost from the 0.00-0.40 m depth of an Oxisol after 20 years of its conversion to pasture.

Similar Nsoil contents were observed along the soil profiles under BAF and NAF, which were, in general, slightly higher than Nsoil contents of BRA area (Table 2). Possibly, the lower addition of biomass on the BRA soil along with the permanent cultivation of non-N-fixing plants in this area, may have contributed to these findings.

The Csoil stock in BAF was similar to that in NAF up to 0.75 m depth, but 72, 133 and 93% higher at 0.75-1.00, 1.00-1.50 and 1.50-2.00 m depths, respectively. Similar behavior was observed comparing NAF and BRA Csoil stocks. Even though Csoil stock in NAF was slightly greater than that in BRA up to 1.00 m depth, probably due to minimal pasture management along the years,33 Fearnside, P. M.; Conserv. Biol. 2005, 19, 680. at 1.00-150 and 1.50-2.00 m depths Csoil stocks were 171 and 134% greater in BRA compared to NAF. These findings corroborate recent literature where translocation of organic compounds from upper to deeper soil depths after vegetation burning was suggested to be facilitated by the sandy character of the soil.3232 Alexis, M. A.; Rasse, D. P.; Knicker, H.; Anquetil, C.; Rumpel, C.; Geoderma 2012, 189-190, 98. In our study, the high sand content along the soil profile (Table 1) and the high preciptation rates commonly observed in the region of the study (Figure 2) may have favored the leaching of organic material to deeper depths. Apparently, the C translocated accumulated in sand and silt compartments preferently, as suggested by the proportional C distribution in sand, silt and clay fractions, which will be better discussed in “Distribution of carbon in physical fractions” sub-section.

Even though Csoil stocks (0.00-2.00 m depth) in the fire-affected areas, BAF and BRA, were 35.5 and 13.9 Mg ha-1 superior than that of the NAF area, respectively, it is important to take into account the C emitted to the atmosphere at the time of forest burning (74.3 Mg ha-1),2222 Carvalho Jr., J. A.; Amaral, S. S.; Costa, M. A. M.; Soares Neto, T. G.; Veras, C. A. G.; Costa, F. S.; van Leeuwen, T. T.; Krieger Filho, G. C.; Tourigny, E.; Forti, M. C.; Fostier, A. H.; Siqueira, M. B.; Santos, J. C.; Lima, B. A.; Cascão, P.; Ortega, G.; Frade Jr., E. F.; Atmos. Environ. 2016, 135, 73. which turns the aboveground + belowground C balance in BRA and BAF negative in comparison to NAF. Nevertheless, C accumulation in post-fire (BRA and BAF) and native (NAF) growing vegetations as well as SOM dynamics should be further investigated to provide precise estimations of total C balance in these areas.

The slash-and-burn of AF and its convertion to pasture affected not only Csoil contents and stocks, but C distribution along the soil profile as well. The contribution of the 0.00-1.00 m soil depth to the Csoil stock was more relevant in NAF (78%) than in BAF (65%) and BRA (51%) (Figure 3), while the contribution of deeper depths (1.00-2.00 m) to Csoil stock was greater in BRA (49%) than in BAF (35%) and NAF (22%) (Figure 3). These findings suggest that after AF fire the contribution of deeper depths to the Csoil stock proportionally increases, possibly due to the translocation of C from upper depths and its deposition at deeper depths. Moreover, our study indicates that the contribution of deeper depths to the Csoil stock is even higher if the burned AF area is converted to pasture instead of being left under natural regeneration. This can be attributed to a triple effect of: (i) depletion of C derived from the AF; (ii) low C deposition on the suface of the soil under pasture; (iii) downwards translocation and accumulation of C at deep depths.

Figure 3
Total soil carbon (Csoil) stocks distribution (in percentage) along the profile of an Acrisol under burned Amazon Forest (BAF), native Amazon Forest (NAF) and Brachiaria pasture (BRA). Values are means and bars are standard deviation.

In NAF, BAF and BRA areas, more than 50% of Csoil stock was observed below 0.50 m depth, highlighting the importance to assess deep C stocks to elucidate the SOM dynamics and especially the C balance in soils after anthropogenic interferences, such as forest burning and post-fire land use.

Chemical composition of SOM assessed by 13C NMR

The solid-state 13C NMR spectra of soil samples collected at 0.00-0.05 and 0.05-0.10 m depths in BAF, NAF and BRA areas showed similar pattern (Figure 4). However, the intensity of the chemical shift regions varied considerably (Table 3).

Figure 4
13C NMR spectra of organic matter from 0.00-0.05 and 0.05‑0.10 m depths of an Acrisol under burned Amazon Forest (BAF), native Amazon Forest (NAF) and Brachiaria pasture (BRA).

All spectra were dominated by the signal intensity in the chemical shift region of O-alkyl C, 31-45% (Table 3), corroborating similar studies comparing SOM composition of soils under forest and grassland subjected to fire.3232 Alexis, M. A.; Rasse, D. P.; Knicker, H.; Anquetil, C.; Rumpel, C.; Geoderma 2012, 189-190, 98.

33 Potes, M. L.; Dick, D. P.; Santana, G. S.; Tomazi, M.; Bayer, C.; Pesqui. Agropecu. Bras. 2012, 47, 707.
-3434 Shiau, Y. J.; Chen, J. S.; Chung, T. L.; Tian, G.; Chiu, C. Y.; Bot. Stud. 2017, 58, 23. The O-alkyl C is commonly attributed to carbohydrates from microbial biomass and plant residues, considered biochemically labile organic matter compounds.3535 Baldock, J. A.; Oades, J. M.; Waters, A. G.; Peng, X.; Vassalo, A. M.; Wilson, M. A.; Biogeochemistry 1992, 16, 1.,3636 Knicker, H.; González-Vila, F. J.; González-Vásquez, R.; Soil Biol. Biochem. 2013, 56, 31. The most pronounced contrast regarding O-alkyl C chemical shift region was observed at 0.05-0.10 m depth, where O-alkyl C contribution to Csoil was substantially higher in BRA (45%) than in BAF (34%) and NAF (31%) areas (Table 3). The massive root system of Brachiaria plants within the first soil depths probably contributed to a relative enrichment in chemically labile compounds, such as O-alkyl C structures. Two years of forest regeneration in BAF, promoting input of labile organic compounds to the soil, probably masked more remarkable effects of fire on O-alkyl structures depletion. On one hand, O-alkyl compounds in soils are easily depleted by fire, but on the other hand its contribution to Csoil can be rapidly recovered after fire if fresh organic compounds are added to the soil by the post-fire growing vegetation.3232 Alexis, M. A.; Rasse, D. P.; Knicker, H.; Anquetil, C.; Rumpel, C.; Geoderma 2012, 189-190, 98.,3737 González-Pérez, J. A.; González-Vila, F. J.; Almendros, G.; Knicker, H.; Environ. Int. 2004, 30, 855.

Commonly, shortly after fire the contribution of aryl C structures to SOM near to the soil surface tends to increase considerably due to the incorporation of PyC. However, although a slightly higher aryl C contribution to Csoil at both 0.00-0.05 and 0.05-0.10 m depths is observed in BAF and BRA compared to NAF, the typical pattern of pyrogenic organic matter is still not clearly evident. Possibly, the input of new litter from the rapid growing post-fire vegetation masked the contribution of PyC or the latter has been lost either by leaching or by degradation. For the first, evidences that this can occur have been reported from the Cerrado biome.3838 Velasco-Molina, M.; Berns, A. E.; Macías, F.; Knicker, H.; Geoderma 2016, 262, 62. The latter has been observed in Atlantic Forest (Brazil) and Amazon biomes3939 Dittmar, T.; Rezende, C. E.; Manecki, M.; Neggemann, J.; Ovalle, A. R. C.; Stubbins, A.; Bernardes, M. C.; Nat. Geosci. 2012, 5, 618.,4040 Turcios, M. M.; Jaramillo, M. M. A.; do Vale, J. F.; Fearnside, P. M.; Barbosa, R. I.; Global Change Biol. 2016, 22, 190. and is assumed to be responsible for the fast recovery of Mediterranean soils after forest fires.4141 López-Martín, M.; Velasco-Molina, M.; Knicker, H.; J. Soils Sediments 2016, 16, 360. The favorable conditions for microbial degradation under the warm and humid conditions in the experimental region (Figure 2) could have enhanced the complete or partial degradation of pyrogenic organic matter, and the leaching of the pyrogenic compounds may have been favored due to the high precipitation rates after burning (Figure 2) and to the sandy character of the soil (Table 1). Jimenez-Gonzalez et al.1111 Jimenez-Gonzalez, M. A.; De La Rosa, J. M.; Jimenez-Morillo, N. T.; Almendros, G.; González-Perez, J. A.; Knicker, H.; Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 572, 1414. reported similar results when comparing aryl C contributions to Csoil within 0.00-0.10 m depth in a Cambisol under unburnt Mediterranean Forest (18-19%) and two years after burning of the forest (24-20%).

The combination of labile organic matter input and possible leaching and degradation of pyrogenic organic matter (more aromatic and hydrophobic) in BAF and BRA most probably attenuated the hydrophobic character of the SOM in these areas, as supported by the similar HI index observed in these areas in comparison to the undisturbed forest site (NAF), regardless the soil depth (Table 3).

Distribution of carbon in physical fractions

The Csand contents varied from 1.8 to 12.7 g kg-1 along the soil profile in BAF area, from 1.1 to 9.9 g kg-1 in NAF and from 1.1 to 5.7 g kg-1 in BRA (Table 4). Even though sand is the predominant fraction of the studied Acrisol (Table 1), Csand contribution to Csoil content was low (< 17%, Figure 5).

Table 4
Carbon and nitrogen contents in sand (Csand, Nsand), silt (Csilt, Nsilt) and clay (Cclay, Nclay) and C/N ratio in these fractions along the profile of an Acrisol under burned Amazon Forest (BAF), native Amazon Forest (NAF) and Brachiaria pasture (BRA) (values are means ± standard deviation)

Figure 5
Proportion of carbon content in sand (Csand), silt (Csilt) and clay (Cclay) fractions in relation to the total carbon (Csoil) content of the soil in burned Amazon Forest (BAF), native Amazon Forest (NAF) and Brachiaria pasture (BRA) at (a) 0.00-0.05; (b) 0.05-0.10; (c) 0.20-0.30; (d) 0.40-0.50; (e) 0.75-1.00; and (f) 1.00-1.50 m depths. Values shown as labels are means and bars are standard deviations.

In the BAF area, Csilt contents ranged from 2.7 to 31.4 g kg-1, and were greater than those observed in NAF (2.1 to 27.8 g kg-1) and BRA (1.4 to 11.6 g kg-1) (Table 4). Although silt content is greater than clay content, mainly up to 0.50 m depth (Table 1), Cclay/Csoil values (57-77%) were substantially greater than Csilt/Csoil (14-31%) along the soil profiles (Figure 5). In general, Cclay contents were greater in NAF (7.2 to 65.5 g kg-1) and similar between BAF (8.8 to 58.6 g kg-1) and BRA (6.6 to 57.6 g kg-1) (Table 4). These findings highlight the role of organo-mineral interactions as a mechanism for organic matter protection, particularly interactions with clay, due to its greater surface area in comparison to sand and silt.1919 Reis, C. E. S.; Dick, D. P.; Caldas, J. S.; Bayer, C.; Sci. Agric. 2014, 71, 259.,4242 Six, J.; Conant, R. T.; Paul, E. A.; Paustian, K.; Plant Soil 2002, 241, 155.,4343 Zinn, Y. L.; Lal, R.; Resck, D. V. S.; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2007, 71, 1204.

The most outstanding difference on Csand content was observed at 0.00-0.05 m, where values decreased in the order: BAF > NAF > BRA (Table 4). Greater accumulation of C in coarse fractions in areas under forest can be expected, once plant residues deposited on forested soils tend to be coarser than residues of pasture. In fact, as mentioned in the “Experimental” section, nearly 85% of the plants cut and burned were trees with DBH > 10 cm. Furthermore, the exportation of fresh biomass by livestock in BRA may have disfavored accumulation of Csand.

The biochemical recalcitrance of organic molecules is the main stabilization mechanism of Csand, and therefore, this fraction is usually more sensitive to changes on soil use and management than mineral-associated C fractions, as Csilt and Cclay.4242 Six, J.; Conant, R. T.; Paul, E. A.; Paustian, K.; Plant Soil 2002, 241, 155. The higher Csand content in BAF compared to NAF is possibly associated to the fast regeneration of the forest after fire and to the addition of labile C to the soil. In this direction, d’Oliveira et al.4444 d'Oliveira, M. V. N.; Alvarado, E. C.; Santos, J. C.; Carvalho Jr., J. A.; For. Ecol. Manage. 2011, 261, 1490. estimated aboveground biomass accumulation rate between 7.5 and 15.0 Mg ha-1 year-1 for secondary forest under natural regeneration after AF fire. Since the C/N ratios of Csand in BAF (< 18) are not typical of pyrogenic material and are similar to that of NAF and BRA, especially up to 0.10 m depth, the greater Csand content in BAF than in NAF and BRA, observed mainly at 0.00-0.05 m depth, is not attributed to the accumulation of sand-size pyrogenic fragments, which due to its chemical recalcitrance, would persist in soil longer than non-pyrogenic compounds.4545 Santín, C.; Doerr, S. H.; Preston, C. M.; González-Rodríguez, G.; Global Change Biol. 2015, 21, 1621.

Along the soil profiles of BAF and NAF, Csilt contents were similar. However, at 0.05-0.10 m depth, Csilt in BAF (21.6 g kg-1) was consistently higher than in NAF (15.1 g kg-1), contributing to 29 and 23% of the Csoil content, respectively. Considering that Csoil contents of BAF and NAF were similar at this depth, these findings suggest that redistribution of C in soil fractions after forest burning may have occurred, promoting C enrichment in silt fraction in BAF area. Overall, BAF and NAF presented higher Csilt and Nsilt contents in comparison to BRA, especially up to 0.30 m depth. As previously discussed for Csand content, this may result from the incorporation of greater amounts of labile C to the soils in NAF and BAF, as indicated by the higher C/N values of silt fraction along the soil profile in NAF and BAF in comparison to BRA (Table 4).

Except at 0.05-0.10 and 1.50-2.00 m depths, where Cclay content in BAF was higher than in NAF, Cclay content was considerably higher in NAF, mainly within 0.00-0.30 m depth. It seems that vegetation burning altered the dynamics of C accumulation in clay, most probably due to the change on Cclay retention capacity in BAF. Analogous to Csand, Nsand, Csilt and Nsilt contents, Cclay and Nclay contents tended to be lower along the BRA soil profile, except at 0.00-0.05 m depth, where Cclay and Nclay in BRA were comparable to those in BAF (Table 4).

Carbon retention capacity of clay and silt fractions

The determination coefficients (R2) for the relationship between Csoil and Csilt (0.94-0.99) or Cclay contents (0.95-0.99) were high (Figure 6). In NAF and BRA areas, both Csilt and Cclay contents showed a linear relationship with Csoil content, indicating that saturation of C retention sites was experimentally not evidenced (Figures 6b and 6c). Similar linear relationship was found between Csoil and Csilt contents in BAF area. These data are in line with previous findings described by Diekow et al.,4646 Diekow, J.; Mielniczuk, J.; Knicker, H.; Bayer, C.; Dick, D. P.; Kögel-Knabner, I.; Plant Soil 2005, 268, 319. who reported a linear relationship of Csilt and Csoil contents at 0.00-0.025 and 0.025-0.075 m depths in an Acrisol under no-tillage system. According to the authors, the presence of particulate organic matter in the silt fraction may have contributed to the increment of C in this fraction, but not to the saturation of C retention sites, resulting in a theoretically infinite capacity of C retention in the silt compartment.

Figure 6
Relation of carbon content in silt (Csilt) and clay (Cclay) fractions with total carbon content (Csoil) in an Acrisol under (a) burned Amazon Forest; (b) native Amazon Forest and (c) Brachiaria pasture. Bars are standard deviations.

Contrastingly, the relation between Csoil and Cclay contents in BAF area showed an exponential behavior tending to saturation (Figure 6a) and the maximum Crc in clay fraction was estimated from the equation in Figure 6a as 81 g kg-1. Reis et al.,1919 Reis, C. E. S.; Dick, D. P.; Caldas, J. S.; Bayer, C.; Sci. Agric. 2014, 71, 259. using the same approach, obtained lower values for maximum Crc for two heavy clayey Brazilian subtropical Oxisols (25 to 72 g kg-1) under different soil management systems. The comparatively higher Crc value observed in our study can be attributed to the substantially lower Csoil content in BAF compared to that observed by the authors in the Oxisol. Usually, Crc is inversely related to the Csoil content, i.e., Crc decreases (assymptotically) to increasing C inputs to the soil.4747 Stewart, C. E.; Paustian, K.; Conant, R. T.; Plante, A. F.; Six, J.; Soil Biol. Biochem. 2009, 41, 357.

From the values of maximum Crc and Cclay (in each soil depth), Csd of clay fraction in BAF was predicted as follows (values are mean ± standard deviation): 22.4 ± 1.0 g kg-1 at 0.00-0.05 m depth; 33.5 ± 0.6 g kg-1 at 0.05-0.10 m depth; 61.3 ± 0.1 g kg-1 at 0.20-0.30 m depth; 65.8 ± 0.2 g kg-1 at 0.40-0.50 m depth; 70.7 ± 0.2 g kg-1 at 0.75-1.00 m depth; and 72.2 ± 0.1 g kg-1 at 1.00-1.50 m depth.

Despite the higher Cclay content observed in NAF than in BAF in most soil depths, C saturation in NAF was not experimentally reached. The higher Cclay content in NAF does not necessarily implies in a higher number of mineral sorptive sites occupied by organic molecules. In fact, in natural systems under equilibrium conditions, as in NAF, the constant input of organic material and the non-disturbance of the soil stimulate the auto-association of functional groups of the organic matter, as illustrated by the zonal model of organo-mineral interactions proposed by Kleber et al.4848 Kleber, M.; Sollins, P.; Sutton, R.; Biogeochemistry 2007, 85, 9. In this way, a portion of Cclay content in NAF is attributed not to the direct bonding of organic matter to the mineral matrix, but instead to organic matter-organic matter (OM-OM) interactions. Consequently, sites of C retention remain available and tendency of saturation is not observed.

In BAF, the saturation behavior of Cclay may be assigned to the effect of fire on OM-OM associations and on clay surface area. Alterations on SOM composition due to fire possibly interrupted multilayer OM-OM interactions. Furthermore, soil heating may have affected clay physically, reducing its surface area and consequently the mineral sites available for interaction with organic compounds. Accordingly, Pérez et al.4949 Pérez, J. J. M.; Fostier, A. H.; Carvalho Jr., J. A.; Windmöller, C. C.; Santos, J. C.; Carpi, A.; Atmos. Environ. 2014, 96, 415. observed soil temperatures near to 360 ºC at soil surface during a controlled burning of AF (similar to our study). Assuming that comparable soil heating occurred in our studied area, a decrease in clay surface area could be expected. Decrease in kaolinite and gibbsite contents as well as increase in coarser particle fractions content were reported from an Oxisol after vegetation slash-and-burn, when soil was exposed to 300 ºC or higher temperatures.5050 Ketterings, Q. M.; Bigham, J. M.; Laperche, V.; Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2000, 64, 1108. However, these hypotheses need further investigation.

The C depletion along 23 years after the conversion of AF to pasture may have induced C mineral retention sites to become available, and therefore C saturation in silt and clay was not observed in BRA area.

Conclusions

Amazon Forest slash-and-burn either followed by two years of natural regeneration or 23 years of continuous pasture incremented total soil carbon stocks within 0.00-2.00 m depth compared to the native Amazon Forest soil. However, taking into account the carbon emitted to the atmosphere at the time of forest burning, the fire-affected soils show a negative carbon balance compared to the native area, although further investigations should be conducted to elucidate soil-aboveground biomass-atmosphere carbon net under these conditions.

Soil organic matter aromaticity and hydrophobicity indexes at surface soil depths (0.00-0.05 and 0.05-0.10 m) of fire-affected soils was similar to that of native forest. Generally, shortly after fire organic matter aromaticity tends to increase near to the soil surface. This fire effect on organic matter was not clearly evidenced in this study, probably due to the years passed since fire event and to the addition of new fresh biomass to the soil, either from natural forest regeneration or from pasture.

Fire affected the dynamics of carbon accumulation along the soil profile. While at 0.00-1.00 m depth soil carbon stock proportion was greater in the native Amazon Forest area, at 1.00-2.00 m depth carbon proportion was greater in the fire-affected soils. These findings were attributed to a combined effect of: (i) carbon depletion at upper soil depths due to fire; (ii) aboveground vegetation change (especially in the pasture area); (iii) carbon migration to deeper depths in the fire-affected soils, which was probably accentuated due to the high precipitation rates commonly observed in the experimental region and to the sandy character of the soil.

The carbon accumulation in particle size fractions along the Acrisol profile was altered by fire and conversion of forest to pasture. Carbon saturation was experimentally observed in the burned Amazon Forest area and was assigned to impacts of fire on organic matter composition and soil particle size distribution, which may have modified soil organomineral interactions.

Overall, this study was pioneer in Acre State and highlights the effect of Amazon Forest fire on carbon retention potential and on organic matter composition of an Acrisol, the second most representative soil type of Amazon region (33%). We consider that studies on organic matter composition in physical compartments and the effect of heating (under natural conditions) on minerals specific area, particularly clay, merit further investigations and will strongly contribute to elucidate the mechanisms of carbon accumulation in fire-affected soils from the Amazon region.

Acknowledgments

Dr Leal thanks the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel for the PhD and PhD-sandwich (CAPES-PDSE) scholarships, respectively, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the “Return Fellowship” grant provided which supported this work. The authors thank Mr Antônio Abel dos Santos and Mr Ramilde dos Santos Oliveira for permitting soil sampling into their private farms and for providing information on the history of land use and management.

This work was supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, thematic project number 08/04490-4); and CNPq (project CT-Amazônia number 575795/2008-5).

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History

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    27 July 2018
  • Accepted
    26 Sept 2018
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