ZP00014: Hydrography, nutrients, abundance and distribution of Zooplankton in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka

Title: ZP00014: Hydrography, nutrients, abundance and distribution of Zooplankton in...
Abstract: Puttalam Lagoon is one of the productive estuaries in the Northwest coast of Sri Lanka with a surface area of 32,700 ha and human activities within and outside the system have resulted in the degradation of valuable natural resources such as fishery resources, coral reefs, sand dunes, mangroves, sea grass beds, salt marshes, beaches and quality of the water. Physical, chemical and biological factors of water, which limit the distribution of most zooplankton, their abundance and seasonal fl...
Publication Date: May 29, 2018, 11:39 p.m.
Keywords: Copepods , Puttalam Lagoon , Zooplankton
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 2
Owner: prds1

Language: English
Supplemental Information: Gammanpila, M., Weerasekara, K.A.W.S., Hettige, N.D., Wickramarachchi, W.D.N., Amarathunga, A.A.D., Azmy, S.A.M., Maddumage, M.D.S.R. and Jayawardhane, J.K.P...

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