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Works by Nishanta Rajakaruna in Biology

2019

Heavy Metal Dissolution Mechanisms from Electrical Industrial Sludge, Viraj Gunarathne, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Nadeesh Adassooriya, Asitha Cooray, Sudantha Liyanage, Bandunee Athapattu, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Deyi Hou, Daniel S. Alessi, Yong Sik Ok
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Heavy Metal-Induced Oxidative Stress on Seed Germination and Seedling Development: A Critical Review, Mihiri Seneviratne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Muhammad Rizwan, H. M. S. P. Madawala, Yong Sik Ok, Meththika Vithanage
Biological Sciences

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Influence of Soil Water Content and Soil Amendments on Trace Metal Release and Seedling Growth in Serpentine Soil, Viraj Gunarathne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Udaya Gunarathne, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Zach A. Raposo, Meththika Vithanage
Biological Sciences

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Long-term Phytoremediating Abilities of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. (Fabaceae), Saqib Ul Kalam, Fauzia Naushin, Fareed Ahmad Khan, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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2018

Inducing Ni Sensitivity in the Ni Hyperaccumulator Plant Alyssum inflatum Nyárády (Brassicaceae) by Transforming with CAX1, a Vacuolar Membrane Calcium Transporter, Rasoul Ghasemi, Hoorieh Share, Roza Sharif, Robert S. Boyd, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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Senecio Conrathii N.E.Br. (Asteraceae), a New Hyperaccumulator of Nickel from Serpentinite Outcrops of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Stefan Siebert, Nadine Carol Schutte, Stoffel Pieter Bester, Dennis Mmakgabo Komape, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Diversity and Functional Traits of Lichens in Ultramafic Areas: A Literature Based Worldwide Analysis Integrated by Field Data at the Regional Scale, Sergio E. Favero-Longo, Enrica Matteucci, Paolo Giordani, Alexander G. Paukov, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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A Global Forum on Ultramafic Ecosystems: From Ultramafic Ecology to Rehabilitation of Degraded Environments, Guillaume Echevarria, Alan J. M. Baker, Robert S. Boyd, Antony van der Ent, Takafumi Mizuno, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Shota Sakaguchi, Aida Bani
Biological Sciences

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Sympatric serpentine endemic Monardella (Lamiaceae) Species Maintain Habitat Differences Despite Hybridization, Kathleen M. Kay, Suzie Woolhouse, Brett A. Smith, Nathaniel S. Pope, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Biological Crusts of Serpentine and Non-Serpentine Soils from the Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa, Arthurita Venter, Stefan Siebert, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Sandra Barnard, Anatoliy Levanets, Arshad Ismail, Mushal Allam, Bianca Peterson, Tomasz Sanko
Biological Sciences

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Lessons on Evolution from the Study of Edaphic Specialization, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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2017

Heavy Metals in Seaweeds from a Polluted Estuary in Coastal Maine, Ian D. Medeiros, Arthur C. Mathieson, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Role of Woody Biochar and Fungal-Bacterial Co-Inoculation on Enzyme Activity and Metal Immobilization in Serpentine Soil, Tharanga Bandara, Indika Herath, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Mihiri Seneviratne, Gamini Seneviratne, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok
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2016

Plant Growth Promotion by Bradyrhizobium japonicum Under Heavy Metal Stress, M. Seneviratne, S. Gunaratne, T. Bandara, L. Weerasundara, Nishanta Rajakaruna, G. Seneviratne, M. Vithanage
Biological Sciences

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2015

INTRODUCTION Next Contents Vol 63(4) Global Research on Ultramafic (Serpentine) Ecosystems (8th International Conference on Serpentine Ecology in Sabah, Malaysia), Antony van der Ent, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Robert Boyd, Guillaume Echevarria, Rimi Repin, Dick Williams
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Global Research on Ultramafic (Serpentine) Ecosystems (8th International Conference on Serpentine Ecology in Sabah, Malaysia): A Summary and Synthesis, Antony van der Ent, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Robert Boyd, Guillaume Echevarria, Rimi Repin, Dick Williams
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Growth and Nickel Uptake by Serpentine and Non-Serpentine Populations of Fimbristylis ovata (Cyperaceae) From Sri Lanka, P. K. D. Chathuranga, S. K. A. T. Dharmasena, Nishanta Rajakaruna, M.C.M. Iqbal
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Calcium : Magnesium Ratio Affects Environmental Stress Sensitivity in the Serpentine-Endemic Alyssum inflatum (Brassicaceae), Rasoul Ghasemi, Zohreh Zare Chavoshi, Robert S. Boyd, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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A Preliminary Survey of the Diversity of Soil Algae and Cyanoprokaryotes on Mafic and Ultramafic Substrates in South Africa, Arthurita Venter, Anatoliy Levanets, Stefan Siebert, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Transfer of Heavy Metals Through Terrestrial Food Webs: A Review, Jillian E. Gall, Robert Boyd, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Role of Bacterial-Fungal Interactions on Heavy Metal Phytotoxicity in Serpentine Soil, Mihiri Seneviratne, Gamini Seneviratne, H. M. S. P. Madawala, M.C.M. Iqbal, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Tharanga Bandara, Meththika Vithanage
Biological Sciences

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Ecotypic Differentiation of Mid-Atlantic Quercus Species in Response to Ultramafic Soils, Jerry Burgess, Katalin Szlavecz, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Christopher Swan
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2014

Diversity and soil-tissue elemental relations of vascular plants of Callahan Mine, Brooksville, Maine, U.S.A., Margaret R. Mansfield, Nathaniel S. Pope, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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Metal Release From Serpentine Soils in Sri Lanka, Meththika Vithanage, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Christopher Oze, Nishanta Rajakaruna, C. B. Dissanayake
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The Role of Elevation and Soil Chemistry in the Distribution and Ion Accumulation of Floral Morphs of Streptanthus polygaloides Gray (Brassicaceae), a Californian Nickel Hyperaccumulator, Nathaniel S. Pope, Michael Fong, Robert S. Boyd, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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Little Evidence for Local Adaptation to Soils or Microclimate in the Post-Fire Recruitment of Three Californian Shrubs, Annette Bieger, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Susan Harrison
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2012

Investigation of the Importance of Rock Chemistry for Saxicolous Lichen Communities of the New Idria Serpentinite Mass, San Benito County, California, USA, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Kerry Knudsen, Alan M. Fryday, Ryan E. O'Dell, Nathaniel S. Pope, Fred C. Olday, Suzie Woolhouse
Biological Sciences

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Stressors and Threats to the Flora of Acadia National Park, Maine: Current Knowledge, Information Gaps, and Future Directions, Tanner B. Harris, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Sarah J. Nelson, Peter D. Vaux
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Mycorrhizal Colonization of Hypericum perforatum L. (Hypericaceae) from Serpentine and Granite Outcrops on the Deer Isles, Maine, Naveed Davoodian, Jason Bosworth, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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2011

A Preliminary Study of the Vegetation of Vernal Pools of Acadia National Park, Maine, U.S.A, Brett Ciccotelli, Tanner B. Harris, Bruce Connery, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Lichens of the Callahan Mine, a Copper- and Zinc-Enriched Superfund Site in Brooksville, Maine, U.S.A., Nishanta Rajakaruna, Tanner B. Harris, Stephen R. Clayden, Alison C. Dibble, Fred C. Olday
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Ecological Strategies in California Chaparral: Interacting Effects of Soils, Climate, and Fire on Specific Leaf Area, Brian Anacker, Nishanta Rajakaruna, David D. Ackerly, Susan Harrison, Jon Keeley, Michael Vasey
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2010

Vascular Plants of Adjacent Serpentine and Granite Outcrops on the Deer Isles, Maine, U.S.A, Nathaniel S. Pope, Tanner B. Harris, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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2009

Ornithocoprophilous Plants of Mount Desert Rock, a Remote Bird-Nesting Island in the Gulf of Maine, U.S.A, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Nathaniel S. Pope, Jose Perez-Orozco, Tanner B. Harris
Biological Sciences

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Biology of Ultramafic Rocks and Soils: Research Goals for the Future, Robert S. Boyd, Arthur R. Kruckeberg, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Biological Sciences

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Adiantum viridimontanum, Aspidotis densa, Minuartia marcescens, and Symphyotrichum rhiannon: Additional Serpentine Endemics from Eastern North America, Tanner Harris, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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Advances in Serpentine Geoecology: A Retrospective, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Robert S. Boyd
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Serpentine Geoecology of Eastern North America: A Review, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Tanner B. Harris, Earl B. Alexander
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Bryophytes of Adjacent Serpentine and Granite Outcrops on the Deer Isles, Maine, U.S.A, Laura R. E. Briscoe, Tanner B. Harris, William Broussard, Eva Dannenberg, Fred C. Olday, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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2007

Lichens of Pine Hill, a Peridotite Outcrop in Eastern North America, Tanner B. Harris, Fred C. Olday, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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2006

The Lasthenia Californica Story: It Started with Flavonoids, Bruce A. Bohm, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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Phytoremediation: An Affordable Green Technology for the Clean-Up of Metal-Contaminated Sites in Sri Lanka, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Kathleen M. Tompkins, Peter G. Pavicevic
Biological Sciences

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2004

The Edaphic Factor in the Origin of Plant Species, Nishanta Rajakaruna
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Serpentine: A Model Habitat for Botanical Research in Sri Lanka, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Alan J. M. Baker
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2003

Adaptive Differentiation in Response to Water Stress by Edaphic Races of Lasthenia californica (Asteraceae), Nishanta Rajakaruna, Gary E. Bradfield, Bruce A. Bohm, Jeanette Whitton
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2002

Antimicrobial Activity of Plants Collected from Serpentine Outcrops in Sri Lanka, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Cory S. Harris, G. H. N. Towers
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1999

The edaphic factor and patterns of variation in Lasthenia californica (Asteraceae), Nishanta Rajakaruna, Bruce A. Bohm
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