Spatial distribution of soil acidity components in natural area field in the region Humaitá, Amazonas

Abstract

Amazonian are highly weathered soils and characterized by high acidity, high aluminum saturation and low nutrient concentration, due to the high leach rates. The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial distribution of acidity components in natural field environment in the region of Humaita, Amazonas. The study area is located in the region of Humaitá, south of Amazonas state, being situated in the geographical coordinates of (7 30 '24 "S and 63º 04' 56" W), the soil is classified as Cambissolo Háplico Alítico plíntico (CXalf). Soil samplings were conducted between March and October 2012 respectively in the natural field area, collected in sampling grid layout with dimensions of 70 mx 70 m and regular spacing between sampling points 10 m, sampled at two depths: 0 , 0 to 0.020 me 0.40-0.60 m. The following chemical analyzes were performed: pH in water potentiometrically determined by the ratio 1: 2.5, the exchangeable aluminum was determined from extraction solution KCl 1 mol / L-1 and the potential acidity extracted with buffered solution of calcium acetate pH 7.0. The results were subjected to analysis of descriptive statistics and geostatistics. From the mean values obtained for the soil acidity components to the natural field area, these results demonstrate the acidic nature of the soil environment and the possible correlation of a low concentration of bases due to the greater complexation of Al3+.

Keywords

• amazon soils
• geostatistics
• inceptsoil