Temporal analysis of the organic carbon content of the soil in an arid region of Mexico

Authors

  • Pedro Yescas-Coronado Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro-Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Agrarias. Unidad Laguna. Periférico y Carretera Sta. Fe, s/n. Torreón, Coahuila
  • Vicente P. Álvarez-Reyna Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro-Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Agrarias. Unidad Laguna. Periférico y Carretera Sta. Fe, s/n. Torreón, Coahuila
  • Miguel Ángel Segura-Castruita Instituto Tecnológico de Torreón-DEPI. Carretera Torreón-San Pedro km 7.5, ejido Anna, Torreón, Coahuila, México. CP. 27170. Tel. 01(871) 7507198
  • Guillermo González-Cervantes Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Relación Agua Suelo Planta Atmósfera (CENID-RASPA). Desarrollo km 6.5 margen derecha canal Sacramento, Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
  • Mario García-Carrillo Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro-Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Agrarias. Unidad Laguna. Periférico y Carretera Sta. Fe, s/n. Torreón, Coahuila
  • Vicente Hernández-Hernández Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro-Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Agrarias. Unidad Laguna. Periférico y Carretera Sta. Fe, s/n. Torreón, Coahuila

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i6.1583

Keywords:

cartography, COS, Kappa

Abstract

The content and behavior of soil organic carbon (COS) in arid regions; through time, they are unknown, even though bovine manure amendments in these soils have become important in the extensive agricultural systems of those regions, there is no information that reveals the changes in the status of the COS. For this reason, the objectives of this research were to establish the distribution of the COS content of the municipality of Matamoros, Coahuila, and to determine the changes in its concentration over time. Soil samples from the surface layer (0-30 cm) in 2015, were collected, to estimate the COS content. These data and their georeferences were used to perform an interpolation with the Ordinary Krigin geostatistical method and obtain a thematic map of COS distribution. Likewise, COS base data for 2002, acquired from previous work, were used to obtain another thematic map of the municipality. The maps were compared with a cross-referenced table and with the Kappa concordance index (ICK). The results showed that the maps are not the same, as confirmed by the ICK= 0.1, in such a way that in thirteen years the COS increased 65 511.88 Mg. The determination of the COS content and the establishment of its spatial distribution, as well as its comparison with data and base maps of existing COS, allowed to determine the changes in the COS contents over time.

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Published

2018-09-24

How to Cite

Yescas-Coronado, Pedro, Vicente P. Álvarez-Reyna, Miguel Ángel Segura-Castruita, Guillermo González-Cervantes, Mario García-Carrillo, and Vicente Hernández-Hernández. 2018. “Temporal Analysis of the Organic Carbon Content of the Soil in an Arid Region of Mexico”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 9 (6). México, ME:1181-92. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i6.1583.

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Vol. 9 No. 6 (2018)

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