Bibliographic citations
Llanos, R., (2021). Estudio paleoambiental de Turberas tropicales altoandinas en la cabecera de Cuenca Cachi, Ayacucho, y su importancia como sumideros de carbono [Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/4745
Llanos, R., Estudio paleoambiental de Turberas tropicales altoandinas en la cabecera de Cuenca Cachi, Ayacucho, y su importancia como sumideros de carbono []. : Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/4745
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title = "Estudio paleoambiental de Turberas tropicales altoandinas en la cabecera de Cuenca Cachi, Ayacucho, y su importancia como sumideros de carbono",
author = "Llanos López, Romina",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2021"
}
Peatlands have begun to stand out worldwide due to their high ecological value, being large long-term carbon (C) deposits and also due to their great contribution to paleo studies, because of the valuable past environmental changes information they provide. The general objective of this research was to carry out a paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the tropical peatlands of the Central Andes of Peru during the Holocene and to determine the ecological importance of these ecosystems. In this way, the POR1 record (from the Ayacucho region, where is the “Río Cachi” Special Hydraulic Project) was presented as a source of climatic and environmental variations information of the last 3000 years BP, in the Andes, from changes in the accumulation of organic and inorganic material derived from geochemical analysis. Four phases were found, highlighting a first phase with dominant mineral material and a second, when the beginning of the peatland formation was identified towards the end (1320 AD). This study also show high values of C accumulation rates (22 gC m-2 yr -1) and C stock (52 kgC m-2) mainly related to the dominance of Distichia muscoides, due to its morphological characteristics. This indicates that these Andean ecosystems represent an important C natural reservoir and that consequently they contribute to the mitigation of current climate change, highlighting the need for its conservation. Furthermore, since the radical increase in glacier retreat in the Andes (after 1970) could have meant a greater water contribution to peatlands, their complete disappearance would reduce it, contributing to the acceleration of their decomposition and subsequent disappearance. In this way, the downward trend of the accumulation rates over the last 50 years (fourth phase) would indicate the possible beginning of a long-term transformation of the “Portuguesa” peatland from an excellent C store to a significant C source.
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