readERF: Read Ecotopes References File

In BEQI2: Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index 2

Description

This function reads and checks files with reference values

Usage

readERF(filename, extra = NULL)

Arguments

filename	name of the ecotopes reference file (character)
extra	additional user-defined indices to be checked (character, see details)

Details

The function performs the following tasks:

• checks the existence of filename;

• checks availablitity of required columns (case insensitive);

• removes redundant spaces

• removes duplicated records

Argument extra is a character vector of additional benthic indices to be checked for. For example, if extra = "ITI", then the ecotope reference file should also contain columns ITIREF and ITIBAD.

The format of the ecotopes reference file is documented in the BEQI2-package vignette.

References

Van Loon, W, 2013. Loon2013-BEQI2-Specs-Ecotopes-27nov.doc

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