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Cuantificación del carbono almacenado en el manglar del acuerdo de uso sustentable y custodia en Puerto Libertad, provincia del Guayas, Ecuador

Abstract:

The general objetive was to determine the quantification of carbon stored in the mangrove area of sustainable use and custody agreements Cerrito Los Morreños - Puerto Libertad. The methodology that was established was based on the mangrove carbon storage literature, for which it was decided to make two types of methdologies, circular plots and transects with quadrant to central point methodology. For the investigation, 209 individuals were registered in the four sites, whose DAP was greater than 2.5 cm, in full corresponds to the Rhizophora mangle species. After carrying out the sum of the aerial, underground and soil components of the carbon quantification, 76% of the total carbon storage is fixed in the soil as indicated by studies and bibliographies, where they give the importance of preserving this type of ecosystem because of the large amount of fossil carbon found. In this way, it was concluded that the mangroves surrounding the Puerto Libertad community contribute 247.10 MgC/ha because the carbon storage of the ecosystem is high and similar values are registered in various regins at the Latin American level: