Background Zooplankton exhibit strong responses for minute changes in their habitat. Therefore, this study intended to investigate the impacts of hydro-climatic factors and related water quality variables on zooplankton ...

The abundance and diversity of planktons in selected village tanks namely Peraru, Nochchimoddai and Mamaduwa in the Vavuniya district were studied from March to April, 2021. The objectives of the study were to identify the ...

The Iranamadu tank is one of the largest surface aquifer found in Northern Sri Lanka. The capacity to harvest large amount of rainwater makes this reservoir a potential source for drinking water supplies. A study was ...

After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity ...

Thondaimanaru lagoon is one of the shallow coastal lagoons in Jaffna peninsula. The current study was conducted to assess the present status of water quality and fish species composition of this lagoon. Water sampling was ...

The Jaffna lagoon is one of the main marine resources in the Jaffna Peninsula, which provides habitat for a number of fauna and flora, livelihood support for fishing communities and seafood for the local population. However, ...

This study evaluates the fyke net fishery and population parameters of shrimps inhabiting in the Jaffna lagoon. Catch effort and shrimp morphometric data were collected at Columbuththurai landing site from 2018 August to ...

Present study was conducted to determine the impacts of barrage construction on livelihood status of fishers who involve fishing in Thondaimanaru lagoon. The data related to the socio - economic condition of fishers in the ...

Jaffna peninsula which includes a land mass of 1026 km2 with 9.3% of inland water bodies suffers from severe flooding during the second inter-monsoon (October ~ December) where it receives about 68% of its total annual ...

The Vavuniya District surrounded by the land mass where there is no marine environment justifies the exclusive dependents of inland capture fisheries that is boon for the local fishermen's revende. As the Vavuniya town ...