Though, there are studies on distribution and abundance of commercially important finfish larvae over the globe, such accounts on ichthyoplankton fauna in coastal waters of Sri Lanka are relatively scarce and to our ...

Human activities in coastal areas may threaten biological communities and lead to the loss of biodiversity. This study compares the impact of human trampling on macrobenthic communities found in the low-, mid-, and high-tidal ...

Fish contributes about 50% of total animal protein intake in some small islands and other developing states. Fish products provide 15% or more protein consumed by nearly 3 billion people worldwide. Highly important to ...

The demersal copepod, pseudodiaptomus annandalei Sewell, 1919 is reported for the first time from the plankton samples collected from coastal waters of southern Sri Lanka during August 2004 to January 2005. These new data ...

Microplastics (MPs), plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are environmental pollutants and have become an environmental threat. This study investigated the abundance of MPs in Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn) in Madu Gaga ...

Fish is one of the best organisms in many scientific studies to evaluate heavy metal pollution and human health hazards as they are well-understood organisms in the aquatic environment. The present study was carried out ...

Marine fishery contributes significantly to fish production in Sri Lanka. Though the demand for marine fish increases, the supply chain gets disturbances due to many reasons including the COVID- 19 pandemic. With the ...