select_taxonomy: Select a taxonomy in FORCIS data

In forcis: Handle the FORCIS Foraminifera Database

Select a taxonomy in FORCIS data

Description

Selects a taxonomy in FORCIS data. FORCIS database provides three different taxonomies: "LT" (lumped taxonomy), "VT" (validated taxonomy) and "OT" (original taxonomy). See \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1038/s41597-023-02264-2")} for further information.

Usage

select_taxonomy(data, taxonomy)

Arguments

data	a tibble or a data.frame. One obtained by ⁠read_*_data()⁠ functions.
taxonomy	a character of length 1. One among "LT", "VT", "OT".

Value

A tibble.

Examples

# Import example dataset ----
file_name <- system.file(file.path("extdata", "FORCIS_net_sample.csv"),
                         package = "forcis")

net_data <- read.csv(file_name)

# Dimensions of the data.frame ----
dim(net_data)

# Select a taxonomy ----
net_data <- select_taxonomy(net_data, taxonomy = "VT")

# Dimensions of the data.frame ----
dim(net_data)

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