Impact of water quality on the zooplankton abundance in the Bolgoda River, Sri Lanka

ISBN-13: 9783659577611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 64 str.

Gihan Karunarathne; Swarna Piyasiri

Opis

Sri Lanka is rich in its aquatic resources. Hundred and three (103) Rivers generate from the central mountainous massive of Sri Lanka and flows radially around the country except to Jaffna peninsula which is devoid of river basins. Bolgoda ecosystem is a unique system which is situated in the Western province of Sri Lanka which consist of two lakes namely North and South Bolgoda Lakes connected by the Bolgoda River with two feeder channels and its associated wetland. Rainfall plays the major role in the fluctuation of bio-chemical status of the water quality of the ecosystem.

O autorze

Karunarathne, Gihan S.G.C Karunarathne: B.Sc.(sp)(USJP)Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Sciences; University of Sri Jayawardanepura. Swarna Piyasiri: PhD (Vienna), B Sc (Peradniya), FI Biol (Sri Lanka);Emeritus Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology and former Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.