New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Subalpine koura, Paranephrops planifrons (Decapoda), in Tongariro National Park: zoogeographic implications

R. A, Fordham

S. D. Kelton

H. Leersnyder

P. L. Lo

Department of Botany and Zoology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Abstract Koura, Paranephrops^ planifrons, were found up to 1260 m a.s.l. in a subalpine area of Tonga-riro National Park in May and July 1978. Their habitat is described briefly, and possible factors limiting the distribution and abundance of high altitude populations of freshwater crayfish are listed. It is suggested that all mountains may not necessarily form absolute zoogeographic barriers to koura; the kind of mountain and the ecological milieu may be more important.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1979, 13 (3): 443-446
Received 5 February 1979; revision received 12 April 1979

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