Cuantificación de Carbono Total Almacenado en Suelos de Páramos en las Comunidades Shobol - Chimborazo, San Juan Chimborazo.

Abstract

Quantify the content of Total Organic Carbon stored in Soils and Biomass of the Paramos of the Communities of ShobolLlinllin and Chimborazo. The investigation began by collecting information on the historical use of the soil, through observation tours, the sampling points were identified depending on the characteristics of the terrain, the community of Chimborazo is located 746667 UTM - 9825400UTM, and Shobol Llinllin is located 754680UTM - 9854678 UTM, the samples were analyzed using the Walkley-Black colorimetric method by potassium dichromate oxidation. In the sampling, three soil samples were obtained at different depths and four types of samples were extracted from Biomass. Physical-chemical and microbiological analyzes were carried out in the Laboratory of Technical Analysis of the Faculty of Sciences. The results of Organic Carbon, in the community of Chimborazo, soil 6.6%, straw 24.9% and pad 26.3%. In the community of Shobol Llinllins, 7.6% soil, 26.1% straw, and 26.8% cushion. It is concluded in the páramo of the community of Chimborazo, the content of Organic Carbon stored in the soils where the vegetal cover is cushion, the value is 7.2%, and where the vegetal cover is straw it is 6.6%. In the páramo of the community of Shobol Llinllin, the content of Organic Carbon stored in the soils where there is vegetable cushion cover has a value of 8.9%, and where the vegetable cover of straw the value is 8.2%. It is recommended to use the information obtained for the better management and conservation of paramo ecosystems.