Ecology and Biogeography in Sri Lanka

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIX

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2. Geology, with special reference to the Precambrian

   • P. G. Cooray

   Pages 1-34

3. Land forms and drainage

   • D. K. Erb

   Pages 35-63

4. Environmental geochemistry and its impact on humans

   • C. B. Dissanayake

   Pages 65-97

5. Grasslands

   • M. A. Pemadasa

   Pages 99-131

6. Some aspects of the ecology of ricefields

   • S. Weeraratna, C. H. Fernando

   Pages 133-144

7. Freshwater invertebrates: some comments

   • C. H. Fernando

   Pages 145-148

8. Monogenea from freshwater fishes

   • A. V. Gussev, C. H. Fernando

   Pages 149-153

9. Freshwater Zooplankton

   • R. Rajapaksa, C. H. Fernando

   Pages 155-169

10. The freshwater Ostracoda

    • J. W. Neale

    Pages 171-194

11. The ecology and distribution of free-living Meso and Macrocrustacea of inland waters

    • H. H. Costa

    Pages 195-213

12. Mountain stream fauna, with special reference to Mollusca

    • F. Starmühlner

    Pages 215-255

13. Ephemeroptera of Sri Lanka: an introduction to their ecology and biogeography

    • M. D. Hubbard, W. L. Peters

    Pages 257-274

14. Notes on Simuliidae (Diptera) in Sri Lanka

    • D. M. Davies

    Pages 275-281

15. Ecology of rocky shores and estuaries of Sri Lanka

    • K. D. Arudpragasam

    Pages 283-296

16. Coastal lagoons

    • S. S. De Silva, C. D. De Silva

    Pages 297-320

17. Parasites of endemic and relict vertebrates: a biogeographical review

    • H. Crusz

    Pages 321-351

18. Ecological aspects of some parasitic diseases in Sri Lanka

    • A. S. Dissanaike

    Pages 353-369

19. Composition and origin of the ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    • T. L. Erwin

    Pages 371-389

20. Land snails: distribution and notes on ecology

    • R. Ratnapala

    Pages 391-411

When the late Professor Joachim Illies suggested in 1980 that I edit a volume of the Monographiae Biologicae on Sri Lanka, I was glad to accept the challenge. Although I had spent only six years of my research and teaching career in Sri Lanka, I had made personal contact or corresponded with many scientists who had worked in, still work in, or who have studied material from Sri Lanka. The present domicile of the authors of the chapters in this volume shows the wide geographic spread of interest in Sri Lanka, and indicates also the dispersion of Sri Lankan scientists like myself. Sri Lanka has had a relatively long history of indigenous scientific research in the natural sciences. From the early work of Kelaart (1852, Prodromous Fauna Zeylanicae, Ceylon Govt. Press, 250 pp.) to the present time, there has been a more or less sustained research effort in the natural sciences. The Colombo Museum, which celebrated its centenary only a few years ago, and the world famous Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, served as repositories and bases for continued research on the fauna and flora. There are a number of land marks in these studies.

• Fauna
• Flora
• Plantation
• Vegetation
• classification
• ecology
• environment
• phytoplankton
• plankton
• temperature

• Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

  C. H. Fernando

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