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1. Social welfare losses from groundwater over-extraction for small-scale agriculture in Sri Lanka: Environmental concern for land use

Author:
Athukorala, Wasantha,   et al.   ; Wilson, Clevo; Managi, Shunsuke;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Journal of forest economics 2017 v.29 pp. 47-55
ISSN:
1104-6899
Subject:
farmers; groundwater; land use planning; onions; small-scale farming; social welfare; Sri Lanka
Abstract:
... Quantity depletion and quality deterioration issues arising from the extraction of groundwater have been discussed in previous studies. However, the literature reveals no systematic analysis of the possible social welfare losses due to the cost of both quantity depletion and quality deterioration. This paper therefore investigates the long run welfare cost of using groundwater for agriculture by i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfe.2017.04.002

2. Interface between fungi and green algae in lichen associations1

Author:
Athukorala, Sarangi N.P.,   et al.   ; Piercey-Normore, Michele D.;     Show all 2 Author
Source:
Botany 2017 v.95 no.10 pp. 1005-1014
ISSN:
1916-2804
Subject:
Chlorophyta; Cyanobacteria; algae; bacteria; fungi; gene expression; lichens; microscopy; photosynthesis; symbionts; thallus
Abstract:
... It is widely recognized that the lichen is the product of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner (green alga or cyanobacterium), but its acceptance was slow to develop throughout history. The development of powerful microscopic and other lab techniques enabled better understanding of the interface between symbionts, beginning with the contentious concept of the dual nature of the lichen thallus. Ev ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjb-2017-0037