eqr: Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR)

Description Usage Arguments Value

View source: R/utils.R

Description

The ecological quality ratio is the ratio beween a parameter value and its reference value:

EQR = (x-bad)/(good-bad)

Depending on bad and good, the EQR usually (but not necessarily!) varies between 0 (bad ecological quality) and 1 (good ecological quality).

Usage

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eqr(x, bad, good)

Arguments

x

numeric vector containing benthic indices

bad

the reference value for a bad status

good

the reference value for a good status

Value

numeric vector with EQR-values: low values indicate bad ecological quality and high values indicate good ecological quality.


BEQI2 documentation built on May 2, 2019, 8:19 a.m.