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Spatial distribution of macrobenthos in the Negombo estuary: Is it governed by the physico-chemical characteristics of water and sediment or by the sea grass cover?

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dc.contributor.author Chathurangi, N.G.M.
dc.contributor.author Chandrasekera, W.U.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-20T07:13:56Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-20T07:13:56Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.citation Chathurangi, N.G.M. and Chandrasekera, W.U. 2012. Spatial distribution of macrobenthos in the Negombo estuary: Is it governed by the physico-chemical characteristics of water and sediment or by the sea grass cover? Proceedings of the Eighteenth Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, May, 2012. Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Abstract) p.38. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/16961
dc.description.abstract 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 the density of seagrass cover. In this study, six study sites representing the mouth, body and the head of the estuary was selected and the physico-chemical parameters of the overlying water, i.e, salinity, pH, temperature, conductivity, DO and BOO, and the sediment salinity, temperature, pH, % of sand, silt. and clay and OMC were measured using standard methods. Further, the macrobenthic fauna and the flora inhabiting in each sample site were also sampled. The physico-chemical data and the abundance data between the six study sites were analysed using appropriate univariate and multivariate statistical tests. Results revealed that the physico-chemical parameters of the overlying water and sediment varied significantly between the six sites with an increasing trend of salinity, and sand % and decreasing trend of OMC and silt % towards the mouth of the estuary. The macrobenthos were abundantly found in the sites where the bottom is devoid of seagrasses. Further, the macrobenthic community structure in the Negombo estuary appeared to be correlated with these physicochemical parameters, but not with the density of seagrass cover. It is evident that the spatial distribution of macrobenthos in the Negombo estuary is governed by the physico-chemical parameters in the sediment and the overlying water but not by the density of seagrass cover. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources en_US
dc.title Spatial distribution of macrobenthos in the Negombo estuary: Is it governed by the physico-chemical characteristics of water and sediment or by the sea grass cover? en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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