check_weight_tot_nb: Function to check if, when the weight is not null, also the...

In RoME: Multiple Checks on MEDITS Trawl Survey Data

Function to check if, when the weight is not null, also the number is not null.

Description

If total weight is different from 0, total number must be different from 0 (only if the category of the species is different from "E") and vice versa (for all faunistic categories).

Usage

check_weight_tot_nb(ResultDataTB,year,wd,suffix)

Arguments

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

Details

In this check 'RoME' verifies if for the records with total weight not null, there is a total number not null, except for categories V, G, H, D and E, as reported in MEDITS manual.

Value

The function returns always TRUE, because the outcome of the function is a warning that does not lock the execution of the 'RoME' checks.

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()
year=2012
TB = RoME::TB
suffix= "2020-03-05_time_h17m44s55"
check_weight_tot_nb(TB,year,wd,suffix)

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