Crown-of-thorns starfish movement and feeding electivity data, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2015)

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 photography

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

Published: October 09, 2022 at 23:42

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=cots_2015