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Nishan Perera

Researcher at Linnaeus University

Publications -  6
Citations -  191

Nishan Perera is an academic researcher from Linnaeus University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Habitat & Fishing. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 87 citations.

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Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

M. Aaron MacNeil, +131 more
- 22 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: The results reveal the profound impact that fishing has had on reef shark populations: no sharks on almost 20% of the surveyed reefs, and shark depletion was strongly related to socio-economic conditions such as the size and proximity of the nearest market, poor governance and the density of the human population.
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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Megachasmidae) from Sri Lanka, northern Indian Ocean

TL;DR: The first record of the megamouth shark is reported for Sri Lanka, a juvenile estimated at 18 years old, which is a rare and poorly studied shark.
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A first record of Halodule pinifolia Miki den Hartog, and new locality of nationally endangered Halophila beccarii Asch, from the eastern coast of Sri Lanka

TL;DR: The first record of Halodule pinifolia on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, approximately 310 km along the coastline from the previously recorded location (Kapparathota, Weligama) was presented in this paper.
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Author Correction: Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

M. Aaron MacNeil, +131 more
- 27 Aug 2020 - 
TL;DR: An Amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Habitat Preference and Population Structure of Two Data Deficient Seahorse (Syngnathidae) Species

TL;DR: Seahorses occurred in low densities with patchy distribution, with abundance being higher in areas with the seagrass species Enhalus acoroides and Cymodocea serrulata that appear to be the favored habitat of seahorses within the study area.