Lagoons

Lagoons of Sri Lanka: from the origins to the present.

Silva, E. I. L.; Katupotha, J.; Amarasinghe, O.; Manthrithilake, H.; Ariyaratna, R. (2013)

Lagoon conservation: Case study of Elephant pass lagoon

Rana Alidad; Guganesharajah, K.; Barry Lloyd (2019)

Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the islands and lagoons of northern Sri Lanka

Weerakoon, D.; Goonatilake, S.; De A.; Wijewickrama, T.; Rajasuriya, A.; Perera, N.; Kumara, T.P.; De Silva, G.; Miththapala, S.; Mallawatantri, A. (2020)

After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity ...

Variations in important water quality parameters and fish species in Thondaimanaru Lagoon, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Shobiya, P.; Sivashanthini, K.; Sutharshiny, S.; Saruga, S.; Gunaalan, K. (2019)

Thondaimanaru lagoon is one of the shallow coastal lagoons in Jaffna peninsula. The current study was conducted to assess the present status of water quality and fish species composition of this lagoon. Water sampling was ...

Spatial and seasonal variations in Mud quality of the Jaffna lagoon, Northern,Sri Lanka.

Asmath, A.M.M.; Senthilnanthanan, M.; Zisath Shama, L.F. (2021)

Background: The Jaffna lagoon is one of the key marine resources in the Jaffna Peninsula, which provides habitat for a number of fauna and flora, livelihood support for fishing communities in the area and seafood for the ...

Assessing Spatial and Seasonal Variations in Water Quality of the Jaffna Lagoon, Sri Lanka.

Anusha, U .; Senthilnanthanan, M.; Saravanan, S.; Raveendran.S. (2015)

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, ...

Lesson from the Thondaimannar scheme for creation of fresh water bodies.

Chitravadivelu, K (1993)

The Thondaimannar scheme was designed in 1943 to prevent the ingress of salt water from the sea into the lagoon by erecting a barrage with sluice gates and leach away periodically with rain water the salt from the blocked ...

Fyke net fishery and population parameters of shrimps in the Columbuththurai landing site of Jaffna lagoon, Sri Lanka.

Naafir, E.M. ; Ragavan, N. ; Thapeetha, Y.; Sivashanthini, K. (2020)

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 ...

Status of the fishery of Jaffna lagoon, Sri Lanka.

Ragavan, N.; Dissanayake, D.C.T.; Kuganathan, S. (Sri Lanka Association of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ., 2021)

Jaffna lagoon (9° 50' N and 79° 50' E to 9° 20' N and 80° 30' E) is the largest lagoon in Sri Lanka and it provides many services including fishing opportunities to the people in northern Sri Lanka. However, the status of ...

Impacts of the Thondaimanaru Barrage Construction on Socio – Economic Status of Fishing Communities in Thondaimanaru Lagoon, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Shobiya, P.; Sivashanthini, K.; Sutharshiny, S.; Gunaalan, K. (2019)

Present study was conducted to determine the impacts of barrage construction on livelihood status of fishers who involve fishing in Thondaimanaru lagoon. The data related to the socio - economic condition of fishers in the ...

Lagoons of Sri Lanka: From the Origins to the Present

Silva, E. I. L.; Manthrithilake, H.; Katupotha, J.; Amarasinghe, O.; Ariyaratna, R. (nternational Water Management Institute, 2013)

Length-weight relationship and relative condition of a silver biddy Gerres oblongus (Pisces : Perciformes) from the Jaffna lagoon, Sri Lanka.

Sivashanthini, K.; Abeyrami, B. (2003)

Cultivation of Gerres oblongus is likely to be profitable because of the consumer demand. The values obtained for the mean weight by sex show that females were significantly (P<0.05) larger than males. Covariance analysis ...

Ground water quality improvement of Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka by regulating water flow in the lagoon mouths

Sivakumar, S.S.; Janen, S.S. (2014)

Within Jaffna peninsula there are three lagoons, Thondamanaru lagoon, Upparu lagoon and the Valukiaru lagoon with water spread area of 78, 26 and 14 squar killo meteres respectly. These three shallow lagoons cover around ...

Reclamation of land and improve water productivity of Jaffna Peninsula of Northern Sri Lanka by improving the water quality of the lagoons

Sivakumar, S.S. (2013)

Jaffna is a peninsula which is 1000 km 2 of land (out of which, Vadamarachchi Lagoon, Upparu Lagoon, Valukai aru and Elephant pass Lagoon are covered with 75, 25, 15 and 100 km 2 of surface area and 287, 212, 104 and 907 ...

Hypothesis of Cultivating Productive Water from Lagoons of Northern Sri Lanka

Kuganesan, S.; Sivakumar, S.S. (2015)

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 ...

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