An introduction to the ecology and behaviour of the prawn, Palaemon affinis Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia).

Palaemon affinis is the commonest prawn in intertidal habitats of the North and South Islands, New Zealand. The population dynamics, community composition, and natural food preferences of P. affinis were studied in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, and rock pools at Taylors Mistake and Kaikoura, South Isl...

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Main Author: Day, Courtney A.
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Department of Zoology 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4830