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Mr. Gayashan M. ARACHCHIGE

Research Scientist

Blue Resources Trust

Location

117, Vishnu Kovil Road,
Kalkudah
30410
Sri Lanka

Nationality

Sri Lanka

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Telephone

+94775755293

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.net/expert/Gayashan%20Arachchige

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ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5499-298X

Highest Degree

MPhil

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Activities

Systematic surveying Bar Reef Sanctuary 2017—conducted assesment of current status of Bar Reef Sanctuary under the ESA (Environment Sensitive Areas) project of UNDP, during the project, identified the types of debris, developed a video data base on current status of coral reef (areas
of dead coral and live coral) and identified GPS locations of Reef, determined the types of corals and marine associates. March 2017.

conducted an assessment of water and sediment quality and associated sea urchin fauna of the Gulf of Mannar coastline —By catch analysis, collection of socioeconomic data by questionnaires and water quality analysis.

Sea regions of study

Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean

Skills

Diving, Echinoid taxonomy

Working language(s)

English

Citation(s)

Google Scholar
ResearchGate

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Comment(s)

I am a marine researcher, who is keen to study on diversity of class Echinoidea. My current research is focused on biology, ecology, diversity and population dynamics of Echinoids and coral reef ecology in Sri Lanka. My specific interest is on irregular echinoids.

Created: 2019-01-31 | Last Updated: 2019-01-31 by Gayashan ARACHCHIGE