Premaratna, K.D.S.; Chandrasekera, W.U.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2013)
Trebon' (Generic name: Etofenprox) is a recently developed potential pyrethroid
insecticide, and reported to bring about adverse effects to non-targeted organisms in
agricultural fields and associated habitats. In the ...
Mihindukulasooriya, L.D.; Amarasinghe, U.S.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Ehirava f/uviatilis is of marine origin and has colonized some freshwater
habitats of Sri Lanka. A small scale fishery of E. f/uviatilis exists in the outflow
canal of Rajanganaya reservoir in the North Central province ...
Ranaweera, B.D.P.S.; Epa, U.P.K.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Hermit crabs represent an important portion of many intertidal and
moderately deep benthic marine communities worldwide, where they play an
important role in the food chain. Present study was conducted to determine ...
Ranathunge, R.M.T.B.; Chandrasekera, W.U.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Rubber factory effluents contain a mixture of chemical compounds that
bring about harmful impacts to fauna. With this view, the present study was
carried out to investigate the changes in water and sediment quality ...
Jayasundara, J.M.C.N.; Hettiarachchi, M.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (a ciliate), Gyrodactylus spp. and Dactylogyrus
spp. are common, external, harmful parasites of goldfish, Carassius auratus. Bath
treatments with different chemicals that could be harmful to ...
Jayasundara, J.M.C.N.; Hettiarachchi, M.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Protozoan ciliate, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and monogenean flukes,
Gyrodactylus spp. and Dactylogyrus spp. are common external parasites of
goldfish, Carassius auratus. At high densities of fish, those infestations ...
Chathurangi, N.G.M.; Chandrasekera, W.U.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
The present study was carried out to investigate whether the spatial
variation of the macrobenthic community in Negombo estuary is governed by
the physico-chemical parameters in the overlying water and sediment or by ...
Jayasinghe, D.L.D.A.R.; Hettiarachchi, M.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Treated textile factory effluent could have remaining contaminants that
could change water quality parameters in receiving water. Kalu Ganga receives a
large volume of treated effluent at the area of Narthupana from a ...
Samadaree, A.D.S.; Weerasinghe, V.P.A.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Pugoda Ela is one of the main tributaries of Kelani River which is used for
water supply to Colombo and Gampaha districts by National Water Supply and
Drainage Board (NWSDB) in Sri Lanka. Limited recent studies are ...
Halwatura, D.; Najim, M.M.M.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Protecting and restoring river flow regimes and hence the ecosystems
that they support by providing environmental flows has become a major aspect
of water resource management in river basins. It is difficult to quantify ...
Halwatura, D.; Najim, M.M.M.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Flows of the world's rivers are increasingly being modified through
impoundments to conserve and develop water resources and therefore
estimation of river flow and their variations are vital. Information on rainfall ...
Halwatura, D.; Wattavidanage, J.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Paddy fields are manmade wetlands which provide habitats for a large
number of freshwater fish species. Owing to uncontrolled reclamation and usage
of pesticides. most of freshwater fishes are wiped out them. Therefore. ...
Fernando, G.K.A.W.; Jayakody, S.; Wijenayake, W.M.H.K.; Yatawara, M.; Harishchandra, R.D.J.; Deniyage, S.L.; Galappaththy, G.N.L.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
The ultimate aim of Anti Malaria Campaign is to eliminate indigenous
malaria from Sri Lanka. Better environmental and economic benefits could be
achieved by the use of indigenous fish species compared to chemical ...
Bandara, K.V.S.N.; Amarasinghe, U.S.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
African cichlids are important constituent species in tropical inland
fisheries and Oreochromis mossambicus supports profitable fisheries in many
tropical countries such as Sri Lanka. This species exhibits elaborate ...
Perera, S.A.D.S.; Pathiratne, A.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
The increased industrial application of nanotechnology has potential to
contaminate aquatic ecosystems with nanoparticles. However effects of
nanoparticles on fish health are little known. Present study was carried out ...
Rukmalee, W.N.; Pathiratne, A.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Petroleum refinery wastewater may contain different chemicals including
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) some of which are genotoxie. Release
of the refinery wastewater to the aquatic environments may pose a threat ...
Thilakarathna, R.M.G.N.; Jayakody, S.; Amarasinghe, M.D.(Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2012)
Sea urchins play a key role in rocky shore habitats as grazers. They form
urchin fronts and extensively graze on macro algae resulting in regions of
barrens and restructuring the habitat. The population status of ...