Estimación Del Carbono Almacenado En El Bosque Natural En La Cuenca Media - Baja Municipio De Río Quito Chocó, Colombia

Abstract

On the ecosystem of the natural forest of Pacific Helobioma – Atrato, located on the middle lower basin of the Rio Quito town, it is estimated that the quantity of aerial biomass and carbon accumulated for the ecosystem and ten (10) species with the most important value. This ecosystem presents annual precipitations between 4000 to 8000 mm. Calculations were made in basis in thirteen allometric models that estimate the biomass as a function of the diameter and the total height. A two-stage sampling over 250 round lots of 0.05 ha. The selected models were based on the ones that the IPCC recommended (2005); for most of the species, the model that adapted the most was the Chave et al. (2001). The calculation of the stocked carbon was estimated in basis of the fraction of the 50% of the aerial biomass. The results obtained of the biomass and carbon were of 439.72 t/0.05 ha for biomass and 219.86 t/0.05 ha for stocked carbon, being the specie with more contribution on the biomass Osteophloeum platyspermum with a 12.14% of the total of the ecosystem and 26.70 t/0.05 ha of the stocked carbon. The species Osteophloeum platyspermum and Michropholis guyanensis present the larger number of individuals per hectare.