Ehirava f/uviatilis is of marine origin and has colonized some freshwater habitats of Sri Lanka. A small scale fishery of E. f/uviatilis exists in the outflow canal of Rajanganaya reservoir in the North Central province ...

Rubber factory effluents contain a mixture of chemical compounds that bring about harmful impacts to fauna. With this view, the present study was carried out to investigate the changes in water and sediment quality ...

Protozoan ciliate, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and monogenean flukes, Gyrodactylus spp. and Dactylogyrus spp. are common external parasites of goldfish, Carassius auratus. At high densities of fish, those infestations ...

Treated textile factory effluent could have remaining contaminants that could change water quality parameters in receiving water. Kalu Ganga receives a large volume of treated effluent at the area of Narthupana from a ...

Protecting and restoring river flow regimes and hence the ecosystems that they support by providing environmental flows has become a major aspect of water resource management in river basins. It is difficult to quantify ...

Paddy fields are manmade wetlands which provide habitats for a large number of freshwater fish species. Owing to uncontrolled reclamation and usage of pesticides. most of freshwater fishes are wiped out them. Therefore. ...

African cichlids are important constituent species in tropical inland fisheries and Oreochromis mossambicus supports profitable fisheries in many tropical countries such as Sri Lanka. This species exhibits elaborate ...

Petroleum refinery wastewater may contain different chemicals including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) some of which are genotoxie. Release of the refinery wastewater to the aquatic environments may pose a threat ...