B.Sc. (Hons) in Fisheries and Marine Sciences (Ruhuna, SL)
M.Sc. in Applied Ecology (Poitiers, France;Christian-Albrechts, Germany;Coimbra, Portugal)
PhD (Kiel, Germany)
Office Address
Department of Limnology and Water Technology
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology
University of Ruhuna
Wellamadama
Matara (81000)
Sri Lanka
Wijewardene, L.N., Asanthi, H.B. and Rajaphaksha, S.W. (2017). Assessment of water quality and trophic state in Sooriyawewa reservoir in the Southern province of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Science, 22(1), pp.12-22
Wijewardene, L.N., Asanthi, H.B. and Dayananda, T.G. (2014). Effects of soil substrate characteristics on aquatic plant distribution at Nannikithaela stream stretch in Kanneliya forest reserve. International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences, 2(1), pp.7-15.
Herath, H. M.T.N.B. and Wijewardene, L. N. (2014). Ornamental fish trade in Sri Lanka: an economic perspective. International Research Journal of Environmental sciences, 3(8), pp. 40-45
Conference Proceedings
Wijewardene L, Wu N, Holdt W, Giménez-Grau P, Fohrer N, Riis T. (2019). The role of epiphytic biofilms on nutrient uptake in agricultural streams. IWA Water and development Congress & Exhibition. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Bandara, T., Wijewardene, L.N., (2018). Scientific Footprint of South Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Research: A Scientometric Study between 2000 and 2017, Proceedings of International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Education and Library & Information Science (Libsym 2018), Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
Wijewardene, L.N., Ribeiro, R., Venâncio, C., Lopes, I., (2018). Salinization of the coastal ecosystems: possible impacts on the genetic diversity of populations of Brachionus calciferous, 15th Academic Sessions, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Bandara, T., Radampola, K., Wijewardene, L.N., (2018). Twitter™ on aquaculture: Understanding the latent information using R, International symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE), Colombo, Sri Lanka
Wijewardene, L.N., Ribeiro, R., Venâncio, C., Lopes, I.,(2017). Salinization of the coastal ecosystems: possible impacts on the genetic diversity of populations of Daphnia longispina, 2nd world symposium on climate change adaptation, Coimbra, Portugal
Wijewardene, L.N., Asanthi, H.B. and Rajaphaksha, S.W., (2016). An assessment of water quality and trophic state in Sooriyawewa reservoir, Southern province, Sri Lanka. Abstract presented in 13th Academic Sessions-University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Awards
Erasmus Mundus postgraduate scholarship
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD –scholarship for Doctoral programmes
Grants
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National Services
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