332 research outputs found
Estimations of maximum sustainable fish yields and stocking densities of inland reservoirs of Sri Lanka
The Maximum Sustainable Yields of all fish species for 9 man-made reservoirs in Sri Lanka were calculated by the simplified version of Schaefer Model. The relationship between the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and Morpho-edaphic Index, (MEI) for Sri Lankan reservoirs was found to be: Log sub(e) MSY = 0.9005 log sub(e) MEI + 1.9220. MSY for these reservoirs were estimated using this relationship. The number of Tilapia) juveniles needed to be recruited to the fisheries of some reservoirs in addition to the present recruitment to increase the fish production to the level estimated by MEI relationship were calculated mathematically
an account of best practices
Quality assurance activities that are carried
out in the Sri Lankan university system since 2002
were introduced to the alternative higher education
sector in 2010. External quality assessment reviews of
Higher National Diploma (HND)programme offered
in eleven Advanced Technological Institutes (ATIs)
located in different regions of the country were carried
out to identify the best practices, strengths and
weaknesses and make suitable recommendations to
improve the quality of those programmes. The aspects
reviewed were curriculum design, content and review;
teaching, learning and assessment methods; quality of
students, their progress and achievements; use of
student feedback; peer observation; skills development;
and academic guidance and counseling. The objective
of the present study was to determine whether there
are regional differences among ATIs when best
practices that are in place in different HND
programmes are considered. Best practices identified
by the reviewers in external quality assessment review
reports of HND programmes in Accountancy,
Agriculture, Business administration, English,
Information Technology and Management conducted
in Ampara, Dehiwala, Jaffna, Kandy, Kegalle,
Kurunegala, Labuduwa and Trincomalee ATIs were
analysed using Principal Component Analysis to
determine whether there are regional differences
among ATIs with respect to best practices that are in
place in each programme. Results indicated that the
good practices identified by reviewers in different
HND programmes do not depend on the location of
the ATI, the ethnicity of the majority community and
prevalence of deterrent factors such as armed
secessionist conflicts in the area. Differences in the
resources available and the motivation and
dedication of the staff may have contributed to the
differences in the good practices that are in place in
different ATIs
Macrophytes as indicators of the ecological status of a tropical rehabilitated wetland ecosystem: Application of multivariate statistics and Ecological State Macrophyte Index (ESMI)
The present study used the Ecological State Macrophyte Index (ESMI) and the multivariate statistical methods to assess the ecological status and the variation of macrophytes in a tropical wetland system. Six sites were selected from rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated areas of an urban tropical wetland and the water quality parameters (water pH, temperature, conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO), visibility, biological oxygen demand 5 days after incubation (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrate, chlorophyll-a and total phosphorus concentrations), sediment quality parameters (pH, organic matter content, percentage sand, silt and clay content) and abundance of aquatic macrophytes were measured. Shannon Weiner diversity index, percentage vegetation under anthropo-pressure, macrophyte settlement rate and ESMI were calculated. Significant variations in the water and sediment quality parameters were observed and ten species of aquatic macrophytes were recorded. Salvinia melosta and Cypreus iria were recorded only from the non-rehabilitated sites. Although there was no significant difference in the percentage anthropo-pressure among study sites, the rehabilitated sites were displayed low anthropo-pressure. The sites in the non-rehabilitated area showed a significantly lower macrophyte settlement rate. ESMI and macrophyte abundance showed significant correlations with water quality parameters. Based on the results, it can be recommended that applications based on ESMI and multivariate statistics can be used to assess the ecological status of tropical wetlands.
Aspects of the leishmaniases with emphasis on socio-economic considerations : a discussion paper
Meeting: UNDP / WORLD BANK / WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Meeting on Economics of Tropical Diseases, Sept. 1986, Manila, P
Development and application of wetland zooplankton index to assess the degree of eutrophication in Sri Lankan reservoirs
Wetland Zooplankton Index (WZI) was developed for the low country intermediate zone of Sri Lanka using 20 reservoirs located between latitudes 7°20'22.081"N - 7°48'33.558"N and longitudes 80°1'44.55"E - 80°9'51.509"E. WZI ranged from 1.56 in Anukkane reservoir which is located in a low flat terrain in the midst of agricultural lands to 3.69 in Tampana reservoir which is located in a hilly area with a watershed mainly covered with forests. WZI showed a significant negative correlation with the Nitrate-N content (r = -0.797) and cumulative content of Nitrate-N and total phosphorus (r = -0.795) indicating that it can be used as an indicator of the degree of eutrophication of inland reservoirs in the low country intermediate zone of Sri Lanka
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