Limnology of Parakrama Samudra — Sri Lanka: A case study of an ancient man-made lake in the tropics

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
The Parakrama Samudra Project: scope and objectives....Pages 1-17
Energy and water budget of a tropical man-made lake....Pages 19-26
Thermal stratification, mixis, and advective currents in the Parakrama Samudra Reservoir, Sri Lanka....Pages 27-34
Phosphorus and phosphatase dynamics in Parakrama Samudra based on diurnal observations....Pages 35-47
An assessment of the phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity of Parakrama Samudra, a shallow man-made lake in Sri Lanka....Pages 49-76
Some remarks on long-term and seasonal changes in the zooplankton of Parakrama Samudra....Pages 77-84
The composition, density and distribution of the zooplankton in Parakrama Samudra....Pages 85-94
A diurnal study of the planktonic rotifer populations in Parakrama Samudra Reservoir, Sri Lanka....Pages 95-106
The influence of temperature upon the duration of embryonic development of tropical Brachionus species (Rotifera)....Pages 107-115
Feeding studies with natural food particles on tropical species of planktonic rotifers....Pages 117-125
Sediment characteristics and benthic community oxygen uptake rates of Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka....Pages 127-133
A contribution to the ecology of the fish fauna of the Parakrama Samudra Reservoir....Pages 135-154
Feeding ecology, assimilation efficiencies and energetics of two herbivorous fish: Sarotherodon (Tilapia) mossambicus (Peters) and Puntius filamentosus (Cuv. et Val.)....Pages 155-164
Aspects of gut passage of algal cells in Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters), (Pisces, cichlide)....Pages 165-170
Contributions to the functional anatomy of the feeding apparatus of five cyprinids of Parakrama Samudra (Sri Lanka)....Pages 171-175
Changes in body condition and proximate composition with maturation in Puntius sarana and Sarotherodon mossambicus ....Pages 177-184
Reproductive strategies of some major fish species in Parakrama Samudra Reservoir and their possible impact on the ecosystem — a theoretical consideration....Pages 185-191
The ecology of cormorants (genus Phalacrocorax )....Pages 193-199
Parakrama Samudra Project — a summary of main results....Pages 201-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
A contribution to the phytoplankton species composition of Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka....Pages 209-226
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) from Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka....Pages 227-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-236