Crown-of-thorns starfish movement and feeding electivity data

Hard coral cover and composition Invertebrate abundance and distribution

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:

CoTS movement and behavioural observations
CoTS individual movement tracks (per image) from time-lapse photography
feeding electivity on coral species by CoTS from time-lapse photography

Data and resources

DATA ACCESS - CoTS movement summaries [CSV direct download]

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

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

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2015-05-01 – 2015-06-30
Date (creation)	2020-09-28
Status	completed
Update frequency	notPlanned
Metadata language	en
License	The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
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