Resource Management
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
S. Rameshkumar, K. Manivannan, C.T. Sathappan and J. Padmanaban
Annamalai University, India
Quantum jump of increase in the awareness about global warming and environmental pollution made the mind set of industries, institutions, corporate and even common man to think about finding a solution to it. Establishment of ornamental gardens and green belt development in the surroundings [...]
Economics of Utilization of Fly Ash Originating From the Coal Power Plant, Norochcholai
Thursday, December 9th, 2010B.R. Jayasekara and U.A.D.P. Gunawardena
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura , Sri Lanka
A new type of a solid waste which is known as fly ash will be available in Sri Lanka at the end of year 2010 due to operations of the Coal power plant, Norochcholai. Fly ash is a superfine, [...]
A Boolean Network Model to test ecosystem resilience under elevated nitrogen deposition and drought
Thursday, December 9th, 2010K. Naithani and E. A.H. Smithwick
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Elevated nitrogen deposition alters soil biogeochemistry and associated ecosystem processes that can lead to plant mortality and decline in stand productivity. Understanding the effects of elevated nitrogen deposition as a result of different land use practices is critical for predictive understanding of ecosystem [...]
Relative importance of salinity regimes and neighbor competition on vegetation dynamics in Sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh: An individual-based model approach
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010M. N. I. Khan and U. Berger
Department of Forest Biometry and Systems Analysis, Institute of Forest Growth andComputer Sciences, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Along with the global depletion of mangrove ecosystems due to over-exploitation and other anthropogenic activities, sea level rise due to climate change may exert a potential impact to the salinity regimes in mangrove [...]
Restoration of sand dune vegetations after the Tsunami in Cuddalore, SouthEast coast of India
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010M. S. Muthukumarasamy and K.D. Kaliyaperumal
Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, India
Sand dune plants or psammophytes include creepers like beach morning glory (Ipomea pescaprae) and sand spinifex (Spinifex littoreus). These vegetations serve as binding agents to form sand dunes which in turn act as a shelter for some marine animals during the breeding [...]
Utilization of treated tannery waste water using HRTS (High Rate Transpiration System)
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010S. Krishnamoorthi and G. Kandasamy
The major objective of this paper is given to soil and ground water quality improvement by utilizing the high transpiration pull property of specific plants. It acts as a catalyst to improve the water management and also effluent is getting treated in a eco friendly manner. We utilized the tannery effluent [...]
Efficient removal of nitrogen/phosphorus by Bio-Geo Filter ditches consisting of laterite
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010G.S.M Fonseka1, N.P.M Rajaguru2, K.C.J Jayasekara2, B.C Liyanage2 and S.S. Iqbal2
In order to develop low-cost energy saving ways to treat wastewater in combination with resource recycling, a plant bed filter ditch in which terrestrial and aquatic plants are used to remove nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from domestic wastewater specially from the septic tank effluents. [...]
A Multi agent system for environmental friendly agriculture
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010R. Rupasinghe, A. Ranatunga, S. Rathnayake, A. Sajagahan and A. Karunananda
Environmental sustainability has become an important topic nowadays due to various adverse effects of natural systems which has caused the mankind to suffer in multi faceted difficulties. Achieving the environmental sustainability is not an individual effort but a collective effort of all the stake holders [...]
Efficiency of some local plants as eco-friendly pest control agents in reducing infestation
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010T.V.N.M. Gunarathna and M.M.S.C. Karunaratne
Repellent effects of powdered leaf mixtures of four plant species, Piper nigrum (black pepper), Ocimum gratissimum (maha maduruthala), Cinnamomum verum (cinnamon) and Mentha viridis (mint) were evaluated against the adult rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae under laboratory conditions (29 200 C and 842 % relative humidity). The evaluation was made with the [...]
Investigation of ergonometric parameters of university lecture hall furniture
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010U.L. Palamakumbura and H.S. Amarasekara
Sitting comfort is considered important particularly in working environments with regards to health and performances of day to day work. Sitting on a comfortable seat helps to relax the body and reduce energy consumption but on the other hand prolong sitting slackens abdominal muscles and may cause backache. Application of ergonomic [...]
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