The objectives of this study were to assess the levels of water quality and heavy metals of the water, sediments and fish tissues in the Negombo estuaries. For this study, samples were collected from sixteen sampling ...

Industrial and domestic solid waste dumping are the major pollution sources polluting the Negombo estuary. Polluted water and sediments in the estuary may cause heavy metals accu mulation in fish. Therefore, this study ...

—Discharge of untreated poultry processing wastewater (PPWW) causes various environmental pollution issues in the re ceiving environment of water, land, and air. Treatment and disposal of PPWW in compliance with disposal ...

There are 52 species of freshwater crabs in Sri Lanka and 51 of them are endemic. There are several species that are known only from a single locality. Ceylonthelphusa armata is such a species, and we have initiated ...

In this study, physically and chemically modified chitosan; protonated glycerol diglycidyl ether cross-linked chitosan beads (GDCLCB/H+) were prepared and characterized using FTIR and SEM. The optimum defluoridation capacity ...

Purpose: Stem-end rot (SER) is an endophytic fungal infection of avocado causing significant postharvest losses, affecting its marketability. This study was conducted to identify effective concentrations of selected ...

Mesorhizobium phage vB_MloS_Cp1R7A-A1 was isolated from soil cultivated to chickpea in Saskatchewan and is dissimilar in sequence and morphology to previously described rhizobiophages. It is a B3 morphotype virus with a ...