Crown-of-thorns starfish movement and feeding electivity data

In situ time-lapse photography was used to characterise movement and feeding preferences of the Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) in the northern and southern Great Barrier Reef in 2015.


This record describes the data accompanying the publication (in press): Homing behaviour by destructive crown-of-thorns starfish is triggered by local availability of coral prey.


Data files are:

1) CoTS movement and behavioural observations

2) CoTS individual movement tracks (per image) from time-lapse photography

3) feeding electivity on coral species by CoTS from time-lapse photography

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2020-09-28

Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Ling, Scott
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
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Collaborator

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University (JCU) - Cowan, Zara-Louise
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Collaborator

Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona - Boada, Jordi
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Collaborator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Flukes, Emma
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Principal investigator

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University (JCU) - Pratchett, Morgan
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Status
Completed

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Ling, Scott
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
ORCID ID >

Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

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Temporal extent

Time period
2015-05-01 2015-06-30

Vertical element

Minimum value
1
Maximum value
9
Identifier
EPSG::5715
Name
MSL depth
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title
CSV
Date
Edition
n/a
Keywords (Taxon)
  • Crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS)
  • Acanthaster planci
Keywords (Theme)
  • coral reefs
  • predation
  • behaviour
  • movement
  • time-lapse photography
  • random walk model
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.

Resource constraints

Linkage
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License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints
The citation in a list of references is: citation author name/s (year metadata published), metadata title. Citation author organisation/s. File identifier and Data accessed at (add http link).
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Supplemental Information
Ling, S.D., Cowan, Z-L., Boada, J., Flukes, E.B., Pratchett, M.S. (date TBA). Homing behaviour by destructive crown-of-thorns starfish is triggered by local availability of coral prey. Proc. R. Soc. B. in press

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • CSV

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS - CoTS movement summaries [CSV direct download]

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS - CoTS individual movement tracks (per image) from time-lapse photography [CSV direct download]

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS - feeding electivity on coral species by CoTS from time-lapse photography [CSV direct download]

Resource lineage

Statement
See methodology described in: Ling, S.D., Cowan, Z-L., Boada, J., Flukes, E.B., Pratchett, M.S. (date TBA). Homing behaviour by destructive crown-of-thorns starfish is triggered by local availability of coral prey. Proc. R. Soc. B. in press
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/27ef761e-cce8-4abc-ae71-b069fdbf5592

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/27ef761e-cce8-4abc-ae71-b069fdbf5592

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-09-29T08:28:31
Date info (Revision)
2023-12-05T11:50:53

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

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Keywords

behaviour coral reefs movement predation random walk model time-lapse photography
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Environmental Monitoring Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
EARTH SCIENCE | AGRICULTURE | ANIMAL SCIENCE | ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES | ECHINODERMS | SEA STARS EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS | DIURNAL MOVEMENTS EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS | USE/FEEDING HABITATS EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE ECOSYSTEMS | REEF | CORAL REEF

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