Professor W.U. ChandrasekaraSenior Professor
Department of Zoology and Environmental Management
Faculty of Science
University of Kelaniya
Kelaniya 11600
Sri Lanka
Telephone: + 94 11 2914479, + 94 11 2903395, +94 714458363
Fax: + 94 11 2914479
Qualifications
- B. Sc. (Special Honours) Degree in Zoology- University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka - 1990.
- Ph.D. (Intertidal Ecology) - University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – 1996.
Administrative Experience
- Head of the Department, Department of Zoology & Environmental Management. From August 2013 - August 2016
Research Interests
- Intertidal Ecology
- Community Dynamics
- Coastal Resources Management
- Biodiversity Conservation
Selected Recent Research Publications
- Bandaranayake, C.H. and W.U. Chandrasekara (2017). Are fancy guppies (Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859) invasive? Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 22(2): 117-128. DOI:http://doi.org/10.4038/sljas.v22i2.7536
- Chandrasekera, W.U. and K.S.D. Premarathna (2016). Toxic effects of Trebon®, a synthetic pyrethroid based insecticide formulation, on Oreochromis mossambicus (Family: Cichlidae). Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 21(1): 35-49. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljas.v21i1.7484
- Jayathilake, M B and W.U. Chandrasekara (2015). Variation of avifaunal diversity in relation to land-use modifications around a tropical estuary, the Negombo estuary in Sri Lanka., Journal of Asia Pacific Biodiversity, 8 (2015): 72-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2015.02.001
- Dissanayake, N and W U Chandrasekara (2014). Effects of Mangrove Zonation and the Physicochemical Parameters of Soil on the Distribution of Macrobenthic Fauna in Kadolkele Mangrove Forest, a Tropical Mangrove Forest in Sri Lanka. Advances in Ecology Volume 2014, Article ID 564056, 13 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/564056
- Chandrasekera W U and A I Hettiarachchi (2011). The Spatial Variation of Macrobenthic Community in the Negombo Estuary in Relation to Physico-chemical Parameters Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 16 (2011): 41-62. http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJAS/article/view/6714
- Chandrasekera W U and N P Weeratunga (2011). The Lethal Impacts of Roundup® (glyphosate) on the Fingerlings of Guppy, Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859. Asian Fisheries Science, 24: 367-378. http://www.asianfisheriessociety.org/publication/abstract.php?id=80
- Chandrasekera W U and M A S T Fernando (2009). Accidental introduction of alien plankton into the Sri Lankan coastal zone through ballast water of cargo ships. Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 14: 87-103. http://slafar.org/new_site/journal_listing.php, http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJAS/article/download/2202/1843
- Ajith Kumara P A D, W U Chandrasekara and H H Costa (1999). Effect of Crowding, Food quality and Body Size on Food Utilisation of the Exotic Snail, Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck), a Potential Pest of Rice in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 4: 23-39.http://slafar.org/new_site/journal_listing.php
- Frid C L J, W U Chandrasekara and P Davey (1999). The restoration of mud flats invaded by common cord-grass (Spartina anglica, CE Hubbard) using mechanical disturbance and its effects on the macrobentic fauna. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 9: 47-61.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199901/02)9:1%3C47::AID-AQC326%3E3.0.CO;2-T/abstract
- Chandrasekara W U and C L J Frid (1998). A laboratory assessment of the survival and vertical movement of two epibenthic gastropod species, Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) and Littorina littorea(Linnaeus) after burial in sediment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 221: 191-207. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098197001238
- Amarasinghe U S, W U Chandrasekara, and HMP Kithsiri (1997). Traditional Practices for Resource Sharing in an Artisanal Fishery of a Sri Lankan Estuary. Asian Fisheries Science, 9: 311-323. http://www.asianfisheriessociety.org/publication/abstract.php?id=951
- Chandrasekara W U and C L J Frid (1996). The effects of relic fauna on initial patch colonisation in a British saltmarsh. Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology (current name; Aquatic Ecology), 30: 49-60. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02092147#page-1
- Chandrasekara W U and C L J Frid (1996). Effects of human trampling on tidal flat infauna. Aquatic Conservation; Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 6: 299-311.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-0755%28199612%296:4%3C299::AID-AQC200%3E3.0.CO;2-F/abstract
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Fellowships, awards and distinctions
- Academic staff scholarship of the Association of Commonwealth Universities to study for a Ph.D. at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. September 1993 - December 1996.
- A special professional training award of the United Nations University-Japan and the UNESCO-France. This award enabled me to participate and to serve as a resource person in the International Training Course on Coastal Biodiversity in Mangrove Ecosystems held at the Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, University of Annamali, Tamilnadu, India (10th - 24th March 2003).
- Fellow of the Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka.
- Charted Biologist, Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka .
Membership in Professional Societies
- Full member of the Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka.
- Full member of the Sri Lanka Association for Sri Lanka Association of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SLAFAR).
- Member of the Sri Lanka Association of Advancement of Science (SLAAS).
Memberships in editorial boards
- Editor in chief: Journal of Science, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya.
- Associate Editor: "Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences" published by the Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.