check_nb_per_sexTC: Consistency check of number of individuals

In RoME: Multiple Checks on MEDITS Trawl Survey Data

Consistency check of number of individuals

Description

The function checks the consistency of the number of individuals by sex measured (NO_OF_INDIVIDUAL_OF_THE_ABOVE_SEX_MEASURED field in the biological data table, TC) with the sum of the individuals by sex, length class and maturity stage (NUMBER_OF_INDIVIDUALS_IN_THE_LENGTH_CLASS_AND_MATURITY_STAGE field in TC)

Usage

check_nb_per_sexTC(DataTC, year, wd, suffix)

Arguments

DataTC	Biological data table according to MEDITS protocol (TC)
year	reference year for the analysis
wd	working directory path defined by the user
suffix	Suffix string of the Logfile

Details

The function checks the consistency of the number of individuals by sex measured (NO_OF_INDIVIDUAL_OF_THE_ABOVE_SEX_MEASURED field in the biological data table, TC) with the sum of the individuals by sex, length class and maturity stage (NUMBER_OF_INDIVIDUALS_IN_THE_LENGTH_CLASS_AND_MATURITY_STAGE field in TC)

Value

The function returns TRUE if no error occurs, while FALSE is returned when there inconsistencies between the following biological data table (TC): NO_OF_INDIVIDUAL_OF_THE_ABOVE_SEX_MEASURED and NUMBER_OF_INDIVIDUALS_IN_THE_LENGTH_CLASS_AND_MATURITY_STAGE.If the field number per sex is found completely empty, the routine will stop and will produce automatically a .csv file (TC_file_with_computed_nb_per_sex.csv) with the nb per sex column filled in. The user will have to copy and paste the column in the original file and run again the code.

Author(s)

I. Bitetto, W. Zupa

References

Anonymus. 2017. MEDITS-Handbook. Version n. 9. MEDITS Working Group. 106 pp.https://www.sibm.it/MEDITS%202011/principaledownload.htm

Examples

    wd <- tempdir()
    suffix="2020-03-05_time_h17m44s55"
    DataTC = RoME::TC
    year=2007
    check_nb_per_sexTC(DataTC,year,wd,suffix)

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