Dataset: Uca pugilator: search space distribution

Name: Uca pugilator: Search space that crabs traveled analyzed at USC in 2014 (Variation in Metabolic Processes project)
Published: 2016-04-08
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:33.3269 E:-79.2066 S:33.3269 W:-79.2066

Temporal Extent: 2012-06-30

Project:

Linking Variation in Metabolic Processes as a Key to Prediction (Variation in Metabolic Processes)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Blaine D. Griffen (University of South Carolina)

Student:

Eilea Knotts (University of South Carolina)

Contact:

Eilea Knotts (University of South Carolina)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2016-04-08

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Uca pugilator: Search space that crabs traveled analyzed at USC in 2014 (Variation in Metabolic Processes project)

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Description

Sub-project: "Individual personality is sufficient to determine and maintain dynamic spatial positioning within Uca pugilator herds."

Related Reference: Knotts ER, Griffen BD (2016) Individual movement rates are sufficient to determine and maintain dynamic spatial positioning within Uca pugilator herds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:639-646

Methods & Sampling

U. pugilator were released independently (n=224) into the aquarium underneath an opaque plastic cup for ten minutes to ensure acclimation. After the allotted time, the cup was raised remotely using a rigged pulley system to guarantee no disruption to the animal’s behavior by an observer. The assessment extended for ten minutes during which a video camera was used to collect movements between quadrats. Through video analysis, a searching space (i.e. the number of quadrats entered by the crab’s full body with allowance for re-entry) was acquired as the quantitative measure of an individual’s general exploratory behavior. For each individual, we also noted the gender and measured its size in carapace width.

A frequency histogram was used to determine the skew of the U. pugilator personalities.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- reformated date from m/d/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd
- added site, lat, lon columns for mapping purposes
- data sorted by date, then sex, then carapace width

Data Files

File
Uca_search.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 13.24 KB) MD5:2f101eb38fa75ddd2f51f55512369276 Primary data file for dataset ID 642447

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1129166

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Griffen_2014		2014-05-31	Univ_S_Carolina	Dr Blaine D. Griffen (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

Binoculars Handheld

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Binoculars Handheld

Acronym: Binoculars

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/91/

Generic Description:

Handheld binoculars, generally used for bird or mammal observations.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
carap_width	Carapace Width	mm	width
date	Date	yyyy-mm-dd	date
sex	Gender	unitless	sex
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
site	sampling location	unitless	site
search	Search space: the number of quadrats entered by the crab's full body with allowance for re-entry in an aquarium [55x30x35cm] in which eight equal size quadrats (area ~206cm2) were marked	integer	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: Uca pugilator: search space distribution