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Title: | Impact of climatic and hydrological disturbances on blackwater floodplain forests in Central Amazonia |
Authors: | Neves, Juliana Rocha Duarte Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez Resende, Angélica Faria de Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira Schöngart, Jochen |
Keywords: | Age Structure Climate Effect Diameter Disturbance Drought Extreme Event Floodplain Forest Hydroelectric Power Plant Hydrological Regime Hydrological Response Topographic Effect Topography Amazonas Amazonia Balbina Reservoir Brasil |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Biotropica |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 51, Número 4, Pags. 484-489 |
Abstract: | Extreme climatic events and anthropic disturbances affect the hydrological regime of Amazonian rivers and connected floodplain forests. This study aims to investigate the impacts of the Balbina hydroelectric power plant on the floodplain forests of the Uatumã River, in the Central Amazon. For this, tree age and diameter increment from the most abundant tree species of three different topographic levels were obtained and analyzed in the affected area downstream of the Balbina dam (Uatumã River) and compared to an undisturbed site (Abacate River, affluent) considering age structure and mean diameter increments between the topographic levels and the two systems. The occurrence of old trees is much lower at the disturbed site compared to the undisturbed system. Especially at the middle topography of the Uatumã site, we observed tree species with high mean diameter increment indicating a strong disturbance. We suggest that the disturbances may be associated with extreme hydro-climatic events, such as extreme droughts that occurred during the El Niño years 1925/26 and 1982/83 and that these events may increase vulnerability of igapó floodplains to wildfires. Abstract in Portuguese is available with online material. © 2019 The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1111/btp.12667 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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