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ORCID : 886850077V

MSc

Operational Support (technical)

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Although my research career has just begun, I have accumulated a strong background in several research fields and have developed a strong research foundation that will help to ensure my future success as a Marine scientist. Over the last three years, I have gained graduate and postgraduate research experience in the two main areas of Marine Biology: field research, laboratory techniques, and field data collections-based research.

Only six months into my graduate Research work at Seagrass meadows ,Southern Sri Lanka , I have gained additional experience in field, lab research. I was surveying four sites in southern part of Sri Lanka. They were Dikwella, Dondra, Hikkaduwa and Ahangama.A total of four seagrass species, 19 sea weed species and five epiphyte species were identified. Line intersect transect method and visual sense method used in sampling process.

In fauna distribution 38 invertebrate species were identified and highest density was found in Hikkaduwa and highest diversity with Dondra .In vertebrate level 24 vertebrate species were identified and highest density in Dondra and highest diversity in Hikkaduwa.

For my master research I am doing the ecological sustainability of Blue swimming crab fishery in Nothern Sri Lanka with collaboration with the University of Colombo Sri Lanka.

As an assistant Marine Environment officer in a government authority did many marine protection activities like reestablishment of seagrass, mangrove and sand dune vegetation in Northern and eastern part of Sri Lanka.  

Indian Ocean

English

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