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, ...

Despite its small size (65,510 km) and high human population density (250 peoplefon), Sri Lanka supports a rich and dives avifaa. Of the 425 species and subspecies that Harrison & Warisik (1999) have recorded from Sri ...

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 ...

In many drought-affected areas, it is very common that the peak rainfall intensities are very high even though the total annual rainfall is considerably low and it results in severe flood hazards. During the rainy season, ...

Jaffna is a peninsula which is 1000 km2 of land (out of which, Vadamarachchi Lagoon, Upparu Lagoon, Valukaiaru and Elephant pass Lagoon are covered with 75, 25, 15 and 100 km2 of surface area and 287, 212, 104 and 907 km2 ...

Iranaimadu tank is the only major irrigation scheme in the northern Sri Lanka. The major portion of the agricultural sector in northern districts depend on the Iranaimadu tank for their agricultural activities specially ...

Linear regression analysis of length-weight relationships (LWRs) were studied to reveal the growth patterns of 380 specimens belonging to 10 species, 9 genera and 5 families of local fish in Vavuniya reservoir, Sri Lanka ...

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 ...