Movements of some indigenous riverine fish in Sri Lanka |
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Authors: | E I L Silva Ronald W Davies |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Ecology (Aquatic Ecology Group), Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada |
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Abstract: | The migratory movements of reproductive potamodromus fish established in man-made tropical lakes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka were determined. It was shown that the nine indigenous riverine species do not spawn in these lakes but move into the upstream channels when sexually mature. The pattern of upstream movement was found to be species-specific although most species showed a diurnal periodicity. It is suggested that the development of totally lacustrine forms of riverine species is very unlikely to occur in the man-made lakes of Sri Lanka because of their relatively short duration time. |
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Keywords: | potamodromus movements fish tropical Sri Lanka |
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