{"id":643,"date":"2017-10-07T05:23:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T05:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/?p=643"},"modified":"2017-10-12T05:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T05:27:42","slug":"marine-and-coastal-ecology-laboratory-of-the-department-of-zoology-usj-receives-much-needed-collection-of-equipment-for-marine-debris-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2017\/10\/07\/marine-and-coastal-ecology-laboratory-of-the-department-of-zoology-usj-receives-much-needed-collection-of-equipment-for-marine-debris-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine and Coastal Ecology Laboratory of the Department of Zoology, USJ receives much needed collection of equipment for marine debris survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marine and Coastal Ecology Laboratory of Department of Zoology, USJ headed by Dr Kamal Ranatunga received much needed collection of equipment for marine debris survey which include diving equipment, underwater video camera, camera lights and laptop worth of LKR 1 million. The equipment were donated by Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), Ocean Research Institute (ORI) and MATEC of South Korea for collaborative research project on \u201cBuilding Capacity to Manage Marine Debris in Sri Lanka\u201d and received by Prof Sudantha Liyanage, Dean Faculty of Applied Science and Dr Kamal Ranatunga of Department of Zoology.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":20,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/science.sjp.ac.lk\\\/zoo\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/07\\\/marine-and-coastal-ecology-laboratory-of-the-department-of-zoology-usj-receives-much-needed-collection-of-equipment-for-marine-debris-survey\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"847\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 842px; height: 245px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 440px; height: 249px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2017\/10\/07\/marine-and-coastal-ecology-laboratory-of-the-department-of-zoology-usj-receives-much-needed-collection-of-equipment-for-marine-debris-survey\/1-2\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"644\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/1-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"602,338\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/1-1-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/1-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/1-1-436x245.jpg\" width=\"436\" height=\"245\" align=\"left\" title=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 402px; height: 249px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2017\/10\/07\/marine-and-coastal-ecology-laboratory-of-the-department-of-zoology-usj-receives-much-needed-collection-of-equipment-for-marine-debris-survey\/2-4\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"645\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/2-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"504,310\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/2-3-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/2-3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/2-3-398x245.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"245\" align=\"left\" title=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine and Coastal Ecology Laboratory of Department of Zoology, USJ headed by Dr Kamal Ranatunga received much needed collection of equipment for marine debris survey which include diving equipment, underwater &hellip; 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