ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Environmental Factors Driving the Toxic
Mobility between Soil and Vegetation
in Riparian Zone Vegetation
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College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore- 54590, Pakistan
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat, 50700, Pakistan
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Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
Submission date: 2020-10-23
Final revision date: 2021-01-25
Acceptance date: 2021-01-28
Online publication date: 2021-08-09
Publication date: 2021-10-01
Corresponding author
Mujahid Farid
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat, 50700, Pakistan, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus,Gujrat, P, 57000, Gujrat, Pakistan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5225-5237
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The current study for vegetation analysis was carried out along the bank of river Chenab in District
Gujrat, Pakistan. Ordination techniques, Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA), Detrended
Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and TWINSPIN method were used to classify the herbaceous data.
A multivariate analysis was employed to assess the connection between the herbaceous flora and
environmental factors. Vegetation and soil samples were collected with geographical coordinates.
The results revealed that all types of micro and macro nutrients, biotic and abiotic factors have the
strongest influence in the existence of plant species and further these factors influenced the both major
and minor groups of plant species. Simultaneously Solanum nigrium and Chenopodium berlandieri
were found as the most abundant species. Solanum nigrium showed positive response in T-value
towards soil moisture and chromium (Cr) while Chenopodium berlandieri showed negative response
towards the lead (Pb). The spatial behavior of water quality was explained by an interpolation technique
via Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) to prepare thematic layer maps of all parameters for the Chenab
River and this study also provided important information to preserve the herbaceous flora along the
bank of Chenab river.