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The Parakrama Samudra Project: scope and objectives

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Limnology of Parakrama Samudra — Sri Lanka

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 12))

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The demand for environmental control and aquatic resource management necessitates the promotion of limnological training and research in many tropical countries. Sri Lanka has high potential for the development of fisheries in its several thousand of irrigation reservoirs. On the other hand, intensification of land use in the ‘dry zone’ of the country is creating new problems connected with environmental deterioration. The Parakrama Samudra Project was planned as a cooperative venture of European and Sri Lankan scientists with the object of analyzing the main components and interrelationships of a reservoir ecosystem. The project combined training and research interests: in the course of the two field-research phases (August/ September 1979 and March/April 1980), a number of post-graduates from Sri Lankan universities joined the project and received training within the specific research programmes. Parakrama Samudra is a large (25.5 km2), shallow (zmax= 12.7 m), man-made irrigation reservoir situated within the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Due to the seasonal cycle in rainfall and the management of water for irrigational purposes, it exhibits strong fluctuations in water level, volume and water exchange rates during the course of the year. Research concentrated on topics of particular relevance to fish production: availability of nutrients, primary productivity, the characteristics of the fish fauna and trophic interactions between phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish and fish-eating birds.

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Schiemer, F. (1983). The Parakrama Samudra Project: scope and objectives. In: Schiemer, F. (eds) Limnology of Parakrama Samudra — Sri Lanka. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7281-0_1

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