He studied for a PhD in Limnology in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, submitting in 1978.
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Dr . Wattavidanage graduated from University of Sri Jayewardenepura and took M . Phil . from the same university through limnology.
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He became an international expert on lakes and wrote the four-volume " Treatise on Limnology " in 1957.
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In limnology, allochthonous sources of carbon or nutrients come from outside the aquatic system ( such as plant and soil material ).
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The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography ( ASLO ) posthumously granted him the ASLO Citation for Scientific Excellence in 1997.
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After his death in June 1942, his manuscript was published in Ecology and it has become a seminal work in ecology and limnology.
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The term limnology was coined by Fran�ois-Alphonse Forel ( 1841 1912 ) who established the field with his studies of Lake Geneva.
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At his death he was an emeritus professor of limnology, a science dealing with the physical, chemical and biological properties of fresh waters.
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Currently, there are strong research programs in limnology, microbial ecology, plant ecology, agricultural ecology, fish ecology and vertebrate behavioral ecology.
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GIS is being used in multiple fields of aquatic science from limnology, hydrology, aquatic botany, stream ecology, oceanography and marine biology.
