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1 Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.) 1998. Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. vii, 48p.
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023706)
The main objectives of the workshop were to discuss current insights into the water quality of the Bundala Lagoons, to set priorities for further research, and develop appropriate water management strategies that could improve and sustain the environment of the Bundala Na- tional Park. The workshop brought together a multidisciplinary group of 38 people from 22 governmental and nongovernmental organizations. After the workshop, a project protocol was finalized and now forms the basis for collaboration between several institutions involved in field based activities in the Bundala National Park.
2 van der Hoek, W. 1998. IIMI and the Bundala National Park. In Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.), Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.1-3.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023707)
3 Panabokke, C. R. 1998. Hydrology of KOISP and the Bundala National Park. In Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.), Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.7-10.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023708)
4 van Eijk, A. 1998. Water accounting and drainage in the Bundala National Park. In Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.), Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.29-32.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023709)
5 Bakker. M. 1998. Valuing the multiple uses of water. In Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.), Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.33-37.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023710)
6 Matsuno, Y. 1998. Potential impact of agriculture and irrigation on the Bundala National Park and plans for monitoring. In Matsuno, Y.; van der Hoek, W.; Ranawake, M. (Eds.), Irrigation water management and the Bundala National Park: Proceedings of the Workshop on Water Quality of the Bundala Lagoons, held at IIMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 April 1998. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.39-44.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H023711)
7 Matsuno, Y.; Vander Hoek, W. 2000. Impact of irrigation on an aquatic ecosystem. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 26:223-233.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G744 MAT Record No: H028245)
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8 Bambaradeniya, C. N. B. (Ed.) 2001. Guide to Bundala: A guide to the biodiversity of Bundala National Park - A Ramsar wetland in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). for the Department of Wildlife Conservation. xiv, 54p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G744 BAM Record No: H029662)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 577.68 G744 IWM Record No: H040359)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 577.68 G744 INT Record No: H043166)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8028 Record No: H043708)
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(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051732)
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Bundala wetlands are the first to be declared a Ramsar wetland reserve in Sri Lanka. Two wetlands of this complex have transformed from seasonally inundated saline areas into permanent freshwater ecosystems, resulting in spatial and temporal changes that presumably have favoured plant invasions. We hypothesized that climate/rainfall changes and irrigation practices would be the most potential drivers of this change, and the objective of this research is to empirically determine the influence of rainfall and irrigation practices in the catchment on inundation pattern and plant nutrient availability that could potentially change ecology of these wetlands. Monthly rainfall data for the Bundala area (1988–2017) from Sri Lanka's meteorological department were analysed by parametric and nonparametric statistical methods, and a statistically significant change in rainfall was not discernible, confirming climate change is unlikely to be a driver to increase the lagoon water level. Irrigation data analysis revealed that these wetlands receive nearly 1.28 × 107 m3 of irrigation drainage annually from an irrigation scheme in the immediate catchment, which has resulted in decreased salinity, while inundation and plant nutrient content increased, changing the wetlands' ecology and socioeconomic status of the dependent rural communities.
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