Biogeographical variation in diurnal behaviour of Acanthaster planci versus Acanthaster cf. solaris

This data set contains Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci and Acanthaster cf. solaris) behavioural data collected at Lankanfushi Island in the Maldives, and at Rib Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The data is deposited here to accompany the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below. Here, we include information on all individual starfish counted during surveys at different times of day (including at night) at both locations. Information provided includes location, date, time and depth at which each individual was found, as well as the maximum diameter of each individual and the behaviour each individual was exhibiting. More specifically, whether the starfish was  hidden or exposed, if the individual was exhibiting resting, moving or feeding behaviour, and the prey items of those feeding is noted within this data set. Also included are point intercept coral cover data for each transect at each location as well as the R script used to analyse the data within the aforementioned publication.

The dataset consists of the following files:

  • Burnetal.R and Burnetal.txt - R scripts used for analysis (open in R or R Studio) and plain text (.txt) formats
  • COTSmovement.csv – All data collected for individual Crown of Thorns starfish at both locations. Includes diameter and behavioural information.
  • COTS_PITRIB.csv - point intercept coral cover (Rib Reef)
  • Maldives_PIT.csv - point intercept coral cover (Maldives)

The full methodology will be available in the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below.

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  • Description

    This data set contains Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci and Acanthaster cf. solaris) behavioural data collected at Lankanfushi Island in the Maldives, and at Rib Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The data is deposited here to accompany the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below. Here, we include information on all individual starfish counted during surveys at different times of day (including at night) at both locations. Information provided includes location, date, time and depth at which each individual was found, as well as the maximum diameter of each individual and the behaviour each individual was exhibiting. More specifically, whether the starfish was  hidden or exposed, if the individual was exhibiting resting, moving or feeding behaviour, and the prey items of those feeding is noted within this data set. Also included are point intercept coral cover data for each transect at each location as well as the R script used to analyse the data within the aforementioned publication.

    The dataset consists of the following files:

    • Burnetal.R and Burnetal.txt - R scripts used for analysis (open in R or R Studio) and plain text (.txt) formats
    • COTSmovement.csv – All data collected for individual Crown of Thorns starfish at both locations. Includes diameter and behavioural information.
    • COTS_PITRIB.csv - point intercept coral cover (Rib Reef)
    • Maldives_PIT.csv - point intercept coral cover (Maldives)

    The full methodology will be available in the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below.

  • Other Descriptors
  • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • Acanthaster
    • Maldives
    • Great Barrier Reef
    • behaviour
    • exposure
    • feeding
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
  • Funding source
  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
    • - Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australian Research Council CE140100020
    • - NESP Tropical Water Quality Hub 4.1.1
  • Research themes
    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
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    Temporal (time) coverage
  • Start Date 2017/02/25
  • End Date 2017/03/29
  • Time Period
    Spatial (location) coverage
  • Locations
    • Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives
    • Rib Reef, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia
    Data Locations

    Type Location Notes
    Attachment COTS_PITRIB.csv
    Attachment COTSmovement.csv
    Attachment Maldives_PIT.csv
    Attachment Buhnetal.txt R scripts used for analysis in plain text (.txt) format)
    Attachment Buhnetal.R R scripts used for analysis in .R format
    The Data Manager is: Deborah Burn
    College or Centre
    Access conditions Open: free access under license
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  • Data record size 5 files: 182 KB
  • Related publications
      Name Burn, Deborah, Matthews, Samuel, Caballes, Ciemon F., Chandler, Josie F., and Pratchett, Morgan S. (2020) Biogeographical variation in diurnal behaviour of Acanthaster planci versus Acanthaster cf. solaris. PLoS ONE, 15 (2). e0228796.
    • URL https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228796
    • Notes Open Access
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    Citation Burn, Deborah (2020): Biogeographical variation in diurnal behaviour of Acanthaster planci versus Acanthaster cf. solaris. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/5e37c3142ef11