Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition

Tentacles on soft corals exhibit intriguing spatiotemporal dynamics of motions, which may benefit their survival and fitness. Despite their significance, studies of their quantitative properties still remain challenging and unexplored. Such motions are characterized by coherent patterns across both...

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Main Authors: Shuaifeng Li, Liza M. Roger, Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Lenore J. Cowen, Nastassja A. Lewinski, Jinkyu Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-03-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013175
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author Shuaifeng Li
Liza M. Roger
Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Lenore J. Cowen
Nastassja A. Lewinski
Jinkyu Yang
author_facet Shuaifeng Li
Liza M. Roger
Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Lenore J. Cowen
Nastassja A. Lewinski
Jinkyu Yang
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description Tentacles on soft corals exhibit intriguing spatiotemporal dynamics of motions, which may benefit their survival and fitness. Despite their significance, studies of their quantitative properties still remain challenging and unexplored. Such motions are characterized by coherent patterns across both space and time, yet computational methods that address spatiotemporal dynamics are rare. Here, we introduce a data-driven method called dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) to explore the spatiotemporal behavior of tentacles of Anthelia glauca, where the motions of eight tentacles are captured by stereovision and object tracking techniques. The DMD reveals the stochastic motions of the tentacles, which can be well modeled as 1/f-type motion. Additionally, the pulsation behaviors of our soft corals are also captured by analyzing the DMD spectrum and the sliding-window DMD, where these behaviors emerge as spatial DMD modes with increased power. Finally, the impact of light conditions on the 1/f-type motion and pulsation behaviors is explored, where certain light conditions can manipulate the 1/f-type motion and emergence of pulsation behaviors. Our work, combining experimental observation and a data-driven method to characterize spatiotemporal motions of coral tentacles, paves the way to exploring the complex behaviors of individual organisms and colonies, and the effect from changing environmental variables.
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spelling doaj.art-0b6b8ba83b9f4994ade397b2ba44d1f02024-04-12T17:29:15ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642023-03-015101317510.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013175Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decompositionShuaifeng LiLiza M. RogerJudith Klein-SeetharamanLenore J. CowenNastassja A. LewinskiJinkyu YangTentacles on soft corals exhibit intriguing spatiotemporal dynamics of motions, which may benefit their survival and fitness. Despite their significance, studies of their quantitative properties still remain challenging and unexplored. Such motions are characterized by coherent patterns across both space and time, yet computational methods that address spatiotemporal dynamics are rare. Here, we introduce a data-driven method called dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) to explore the spatiotemporal behavior of tentacles of Anthelia glauca, where the motions of eight tentacles are captured by stereovision and object tracking techniques. The DMD reveals the stochastic motions of the tentacles, which can be well modeled as 1/f-type motion. Additionally, the pulsation behaviors of our soft corals are also captured by analyzing the DMD spectrum and the sliding-window DMD, where these behaviors emerge as spatial DMD modes with increased power. Finally, the impact of light conditions on the 1/f-type motion and pulsation behaviors is explored, where certain light conditions can manipulate the 1/f-type motion and emergence of pulsation behaviors. Our work, combining experimental observation and a data-driven method to characterize spatiotemporal motions of coral tentacles, paves the way to exploring the complex behaviors of individual organisms and colonies, and the effect from changing environmental variables.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013175
spellingShingle Shuaifeng Li
Liza M. Roger
Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Lenore J. Cowen
Nastassja A. Lewinski
Jinkyu Yang
Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
Physical Review Research
title Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
title_full Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
title_fullStr Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
title_full_unstemmed Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
title_short Data-driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
title_sort data driven discovery of spatiotemporal coherent patterns in pulsating soft coral tentacle motion with dynamic mode decomposition
url http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013175
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