Hydrography, nutrients and abundance and distribution of zooplankton in Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka.

Title: Hydrography, nutrients and abundance and distribution of zooplankton in Negom...
Abstract: Negombo Lagoon is a productive fishing ground and also a sink for many anthropogenic effluents draining from its surrounding urban area. The seasonal abundance and distribution of zooplankton were investigated in relation to some physico-chemical parameters of the lagoon from March 2008 to September 2009. Zooplankton and surface water samples were collected from five sampling sites where effluents are discharged to the lagoon and analyzed using standard methods. Lagoon salinity ranged spa...
Publication Date: Aug. 29, 2017, 3:53 a.m.
Keywords: Mangrove , Bruguiera gymnorrhiza , Avicennia marina , Heritiera littoralis , Bruguiera sexangula , Rhizophora apiculata , Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitat , Lumnitzera racemosa , Ceriops tagal , Pemphis acidula , Sonneratia caseolaris , Aegiceras corniculatum , Excoecaria agallocha , Nypa fruticans , Bruguiera cylindrical
Category: Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats; flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
Regions: M 5
Owner: prds1

Language: English
Supplemental Information: Gammanpila, M., (2013). Hydrography, nutrients and abundance and distribution of zooplankton in Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Scien...

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