The dynamics and impacts of a fishery on sociocultural aspects of fishing communities are rarely studied. Here, we seek to describe how perceived changes in a fishery system – such as declining fish stocks, market failures ...

The present study indicates that for the first time in Sri Lanka Indian major carps, viz, Catla (Catla catla), Rohu (Labeo rohita) and Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) breed and spawn naturally in Udawalawe reservoir, a man-made ...

We evaluated the changes in estrous cycle of female rats fed either high carbohydrate or high protein diets for 42 days relatively to commercially available rodent pellets. Animals fed high carbohydrate diet showed a ...

Present study evaluated the behavioural and physiological measures of welfare on preference of female Wistar rat to litter in two types of solid bottom cages and a grid floor cage. In this regard, reproductive indices and ...

The present study was to generate an inventory of the fin fish of Batticaloa Lagoon and to assess the impact of water quality on the distribution of fishes. A total of 10,504 fish specimens were collected, belonging to ...

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 ...

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 ...