عنوان

Limnology of Parakrama Samudra -- Sri Lanka :

(Number (ISBN

9400972814

(Number (ISBN

9400972830

(Number (ISBN

9789400972810

(Number (ISBN

9789400972834

Number

b593823

Title Proper

Limnology of Parakrama Samudra -- Sri Lanka :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a case study of an ancient man-made lake in the tropics

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by F. Schiemer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1983

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(238 pages)

Series Title

Developments in hydrobiology, 12.

Text of Note

1. The Parakrama Samudra Project --; scope and objectives, --; 2. Energy and water budget of a tropical man-made lake, --; 3. Thermal stratification, mixis and advective currents in the Parakrama Samudra Reservoir, Sri Lanka, --; 4. Phosphorus and phosphatase dynamics in Parakrama Samudra based on diurnal observations, --; 5. An assessment of the phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity of Parakrama Samudra, a shallow man-made lake in Sri Lanka, --; 6. Some remarks on long-term and seasonal changes in the zooplankton of Parakrama Samudra, --; 7. The composition, density and distribution of the zooplankton in Parakrama Samudra, --; 8. A diurnal study of the planktonic rotifer populations in Parakrama Samudra Reservoir, Sri Lanka, --; 9. The influence of temperature upon the duration of embryonic development of tropical Brachionus species (Rotifera), --; 10. Feeding studies with natural food particles on tropical species of planktonic rotifers, --; 11. Sediment characteristics and benthic community oxygen uptake rates in Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka, --; 12. A contribution to the ecology of the fish fauna of the Parakrama Samudra Reservoir --; 13. Feeding ecology, assimilation efficiencies and energetics of two herbivorous fish: Sarotherodon (Tilapia) mossambicus (Peters) and Puntius filamentosus (Cuv. et Val.), --; 14. Aspects of gut passage of algal cells in Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters), (Pisces, Cichlidae), --; 15. Contributions to the functional anatomy of the feeding apparatus of five cyprinids of Parakrama Samudra (Sri Lanka), --; 16. Changes in body condition and proximate composition with maturation in Puntius sarana and Sarotherodon mossambicus, --; 17. Reproductive strategies of some major fish species in Parakrama Samudra Reservoir and their possible impact on the ecosystem --; a theoretical consideration, --; 18. The ecology of cormorants (genus Phalacrocorax), --; 19. Parakrama Samudra Project --; a summary of main results, --; Floristic and faunistic surveys --; 20. A contribution to the phytoplankton species composition of Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka, --; 21. Caddisflies (Trichoptera) from Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka, --; Species index.

Aquatic biology.

Life sciences.

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Book number

edited by F. Schiemer.

F Schiemer

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[Book]

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