Behavioural data for Munday et al. 2014 Nature Climate Change

Natural CO₂ seeps in Papua New Guinea were used to test the effects of continuous exposure to elevated CO₂ on reef fish behaviour and metabolism in their natural habitat, and to examine the potential consequences for reef fish communities.

This dataset contains raw data from the behavioural trials. Olfactory preferences and behaviour of juveniles from two damselfish species (Dascyllus aruanus and Pomacentrus moluccensis) and two cardinalfishes (Apogon cyanosoma and Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus) were tested at Upa Upasina, except for P. moluccensis, which was also tested at Dobu.

Olfactory preferences were tested in a two-channel choice flume using three different cue combinations: offshore water conditioned with predator odour versus offshore water without predator odour, water from the CO₂ seep site versus water from the control reef, offshore water conditioned with chemical cues of benthic communities from the CO₂ seep versus chemical cues of benthic communities from the control reef.

Activity and boldness were tested in an aquarium with a small colony of the coral Pocillipora damicornis providing shelter. After 2 hours habituation time each fish was observed for 5 minutes recording: the number of lines crossed, the maximum distance moved from the habitat coral habitat, amount of time spent in the coral shelter and time to emerge from the shelter when chased into the coral (startle response)

The full methodology is available from the publication (and Supplementary Information) shown in the Related Publications link below. 

 

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    Data record related to this publication Behavioural data for Munday et al. 2014 Nature Climate Change
    Data Publication title Behavioural data for Munday et al. 2014 Nature Climate Change
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    Natural CO₂ seeps in Papua New Guinea were used to test the effects of continuous exposure to elevated CO₂ on reef fish behaviour and metabolism in their natural habitat, and to examine the potential consequences for reef fish communities.

    This dataset contains raw data from the behavioural trials. Olfactory preferences and behaviour of juveniles from two damselfish species (Dascyllus aruanus and Pomacentrus moluccensis) and two cardinalfishes (Apogon cyanosoma and Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus) were tested at Upa Upasina, except for P. moluccensis, which was also tested at Dobu.

    Olfactory preferences were tested in a two-channel choice flume using three different cue combinations: offshore water conditioned with predator odour versus offshore water without predator odour, water from the CO₂ seep site versus water from the control reef, offshore water conditioned with chemical cues of benthic communities from the CO₂ seep versus chemical cues of benthic communities from the control reef.

    Activity and boldness were tested in an aquarium with a small colony of the coral Pocillipora damicornis providing shelter. After 2 hours habituation time each fish was observed for 5 minutes recording: the number of lines crossed, the maximum distance moved from the habitat coral habitat, amount of time spent in the coral shelter and time to emerge from the shelter when chased into the coral (startle response)

    The full methodology is available from the publication (and Supplementary Information) shown in the Related Publications link below. 

     

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      This dataset consists of a spreadsheet in MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document formats (.ods)

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  • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • carbon dioxide
    • climate change
    • predator
    • performance
    • mortality
    • responses
    • exposure
    • high-CO₂
    • ability
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
    • Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
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    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
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    • Upa Upasina, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
    • Dobu, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
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    Physical Location Secure data section of the Tropical Data Hub (TDH) archive - eResearch Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    The Data Manager is: Philip Munday
    College or Centre
    Access conditions Conditional: Contact researchdata@jcu.edu.au to request access to this data.
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  • Data record size 2 files: 41.4 KB
  • Related publications
      Name Munday, Philip L., Cheal, Alistair J., Dixson, Danielle L., Rummer, Jodie L., and Fabricius, Katharina E. (2014) Behavioural impairment in reef fishes caused by ocean acidification at CO2 seeps. Nature Climate Change, 4. pp. 487-492.
    • URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2195
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  • Statement of rights in data Once access to the data has been obtained via negotiation with the data manager, use of the dataset is governed by the CC-BY-NC licence.
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      James Cook University
    Citation Munday, Philip; Rummer, Jodie (2018): Behavioural data for Munday et al. 2014 Nature Climate Change. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.4225/28/5a4ae21e9ffb9