Vol 38, No 1 (2010)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Claiming the sea area belonging to Sri Lanka according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) PDF
D.A. Tantrigoda 1-2

Short Reviews

Effect of land use in the upper Mahaweli catchment area on erosion, landslides and siltation in hydropower reservoirs of Sri Lanka PDF
Tilak Hewawasam 3-14

Research Articles

A multivariate approach for developing a dichotomous key for identification and differentiation of Puntius (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae) species in Sri Lanka PDF
M.P.K.S.K. De Silva, N.P.P. Liyanage 15-27
Systematics of genus Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Sri Lanka: new insights from vegetative morphology PDF
W.J. Nimanthika, H.S. Kaththriarachchi 29-44
Use of momentum flux of tsunami overland flow as an indicator of potential damage to buildings PDF
Janaka J. Wijetunge 45-57

Short Communications

Wave record and flow regimes of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka PDF
Ananda Gunatilaka 59-64
Population study of the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) core loci D3S1358, D5S818, D8S1179 short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms in Sri Lanka PDF
W. Chatumal, Dinuka A. Markalanda, Ruwan J. Illeperuma, Gaya R. Ranawaka, Neil D. Fernandopulle 65-68
Morphological aspects of coconut anther culture derived structures PDF
P.I.P. Perera, D.M.D. Yakandawala, J.L. Verdeil, V. Hocher, L. K. Weerakoon 69-74

Research Notes

Alkaloids from Xylopia parvifolia and Xylopia nigricans (Annonaceae) PDF
Shanmugam Puvanendran, Tharmaraja Manoranjan, Anura Wickramasinghe, D. Nedra Karunaratne, Vijaya Kumar, Siril Wijesundara, Gavin Carr, Raymond Andersen, Veranja Karunaratne 75-76

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