Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 20 No 2 (2016): 452 - 460

 

 

 

ANALYSIS OF SEASONAL SOIL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT AT BUKIT JERIAU FOREST, FRASER HILL, PAHANG   

 

(Analisis Kandungan Karbon Organik Tanah Secara Bermusim Di Hutan Bukit Jeriau, Fraser Hill, Pahang)

 

Ahmad Adnan Mohamed^1,2, Sahibin Abd. Rahim², David Allan Aitman², Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin^1,3*

 

¹East Coast Environmental Research Institute (ESERI),

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.

²School of Environmental and Natural Resources Science, Faculty of Science and Technology,

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

³Faculty of Innovative Design and Technology,

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author: mkhairulamri@unisza.edu.my

 

 

Received: 14 April 2015; Accepted: 30 November 2015

 

 

Abstract

Soil carbon is the carbon held within the soil, primarily in association with its organic content. The total soil organic carbon study was determined in a plot at Bukit Jeriau forest in Bukit Fraser, Pahang, Malaysia. The aim of this study is to determine the changing of soil organic carbon between wet season and dry season. Soil organic carbon was fined out using titrimetric determination. The soil organic carbon content in wet season is 223.24 t/ha while dry season is 217.90 t/ha. The soil pH range in wet season is between 4.32 to 4.45 and in dry season in 3.95 to 4.08 which is considered acidic. Correlation analysis showed that soil organic carbon value is influenced by pH value and climate. Correlation analysis between clay and soil organic carbon with depth showed positively significant differences and clay are very much influenced soil organic carbon content. Correlation analysis between electrical conductivity and soil organic carbon content showed negative significantly difference on wet season and positively significant different in dry season.

 

Keywords:  organic carbon, Fraser’s Hill, forest, soil

 

Abstrak

Karbon tanah adalah nama generik bagi karbon yang wujud di dalam tanah, terutamanya dalam pencampuran kandungan organiknya. Satu kajian kandungan karbon organik di dalam tanih telah ditentukan di satu plot berukuran 1 hektar persegi di Hutan Simpan Bukit Jeriau, Bukit Fraser, Pahang, Malaysia. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menentukan perbezaan kandungan karbon organik dalam tanah antara musim basah dan musim kering. Kandungan karbon organik ditentukan dengan menggunakan kaedah pentitratan.Jumlah kandungan karbon organik pada musim basah adalah sebanyak 223.24 t/ha manakala pada musim kering pula sebanyak 217.90 t/ha. Julat pH pada musim basah adalah 4.32 hingga 4.45 manakala pada musim kering adalah dari 3.95 hingga 4.08, dalam lingkungan berasid. Nilai pH pada musim kering mengalami penurunan. Analisis korelasi mendapati nilai pH dan iklim memberi kesan kepada kandungan karbon organik. Ujian korelasi antara lempung dengan kandungan karbon organik menunjukkan terdapat pebezaan signifikan positif. Ini menunjukkan kandungan lempung mempengaruhi kandungan karbon organik dalam tanih. Ujian korelasi kekonduksian elektrik dengan kandungan karbon organik menunjukkan perbezaan signifikan yang negatif pada persampelan musim basah manakala perbezaan signifikan positif pada musim kering.

 

Kata kunci: karbon organik, Bukit Fraser, hutan, tanih

 

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