Growth characteristics of water hyacinth: an application to bolgoda lake

dc.contributor.author	Fernando, PUD
dc.contributor.author	Gamage, NPD
dc.contributor.author	Jayaweera, MW
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-10T13:25:13Z
dc.date.available	2014-01-10T13:25:13Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/9756
dc.description.abstract	Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart). Solms) is considered as a serious pest in many lakes, irrigation canals, stagnant ponds, waterways and semi-wet areas in Sri Lanka. Bolgoda Lake has been severely affected by excessive growth of water hyacinth, which resulted in clogging of major waterways, adversely affecting navigation. This study was carried out to determine the growth characteristics of water hyacinth under influence of the physical and chemical factors in Bolgoda Lake. The parameters such as biomass, biomass production per day, phosphorus and nitrogen content in plant tissues and pH, temperature, salinity, phosphorus and nitrogen content in the water body were measured.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Growth characteristics of water hyacinth: an application to bolgoda lake	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2002	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	ERU Research for industry	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	A7	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceeding of the 8th annual symposium	en_US