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Format phytoplankton data

Source: R/read_formphyto.R
read_formphyto.Rd

Format phytoplankton data

Usage

read_formphyto(datin)

Arguments

datin

input data.frame loaded from read_importphyto

Value

A formatted data.frame with phytoplankton count data

Details

Only seven taxonomic groups are summarized. Pyrodinium bahamense, Karenia brevis, Tripos hircus, Pseudo-nitzschia sp., and Pseudo-nitzschia pungens are retained at the species level. Diatoms are summarized at the class level using Bacillariophyceae, Coscinodiscophyceae, and Mediophyceae and Cyanobacteria are summarized at the phylum level using Cyanobacteriota. All other taxa are grouped into an "other" category.

See also

read_importphyto

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# file path
xlsx <- '~/Desktop/phyto_data.xlsx'

# load and assign to object
phytodata <- read_importphyto(xlsx, download_latest = TRUE)
} # }