{"id":1332,"date":"2026-10-19T15:17:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fsc.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=1332"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:14:23","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fsc.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1332\" class=\"elementor elementor-1332\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca11ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ca11ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9cf046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a9cf046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- ============================================================\r\n     DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES \u2014 RESEARCH PAGE HEADER\r\n     Paste this into an Elementor \"HTML\" widget at the TOP of the\r\n     Research page, right below the navbar. 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Delete any lines that do not belong here.)\r\nug:completed | 2024 | Sutharshiny, S., Deepthi, I.U., Sivapriya, S., Prasanthan, R. and Sivashanthini, K. | Effect of an experimental diet enriched with palmyrah fruit on the immune challenge in guppy fish | | | 12th YSF Symposium, 12(1), 134-139\r\nug:completed | 2024 | Ragavan, N., Kuganathan, S. and Dissanayake, D.C.T. | Effects of juvenile mortality on population dynamics of Penaeus semisulcatus | | | Fisheries Research, 274, 106991\r\nug:completed | 2024 | Usgoda, M.S., Gobiraj, S. and Sivashanthini, K. | Recreational water quality status of Charty Beach, Jaffna, Sri Lanka | | | Advances in Technology, 3(2), 124-134\r\nug:completed | 2024 | Ebbesen, L.G., Strange, M.V., Gunaalan, K., Paulsen, M.L., Herrera, A., Nielsen, T.G., Shashoua, Y., Lindegren, M. and Almeda, R. | Do weathered microplastics impact the planktonic community? 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