Download and import benthic data for Tampa Bay

Usage

read_importbenthic(path, download_latest = FALSE, remove = FALSE)

Arguments

path: chr string for local path where the zipped folder will be downloaded, must include .zip extension
download_latest: logical to download latest if a more recent dataset is available
remove: logical if the downloaded folder is removed after unzipping

Value

A nested tibble of station, taxa, and field sample data.

Details

This function downloads and unzips a folder of base tables used to calculate the benthic index from https://epcbocc.sharepoint.com/:u:/s/Share/EQUCWBuwCNdGuMREYAyAD1gBKC98mYtCHMWX0FYLrbT4KA?e=nDfnnQ&download=1 (viewable at https://epcbocc.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/Share/EtOJfziTTa9FliL1oROb9OsBRZU-nO60fu_0NRC162hHjQ?e=4gUXgJ).

Index the corresponding list element in the value column to view each dataset. For example, the stations data in the first row can be viewed as benthicdata$value[[1]].

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# location to download data
path <- '~/Desktop/benthic.zip'

# load and assign to object
benthicdata <- read_importbenthic(path, download_latest = TRUE)

}