Crown-of-thorns starfish movement and feeding electivity data, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2015)
Citation
Ling SD, Cowan Z-L, BoadaJ, Flukes EB, Pratchett MS. (2020) Homing behaviour by destructive crown-of-thorns starfish is triggered by local availability of coral prey.Proc. R. Soc. B287: 20201341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1341 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
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 cited publication: '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 photographyTaxonomic Coverages
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Acanthaster plancicommon name: Crown of Thorns starfidh rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Swains Reef and Cairns , Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
Bibliographic Citations
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Scott Lingoriginator
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: Scott.Ling@utas.edu.au
Scott Ling
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: Scott.Ling@utas.edu.au
OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
Scott Ling
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: Scott.Ling@utas.edu.au