SOMEC2ECSAS: Export QC data to the ECSAS database.

In RoyChristian/ECSASconnect: Import and export data from the Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) and the Suivi des oiseaux en mer de l'est du Canada (SOMEC) databases

Export QC data to the ECSAS database.

Description

Creates a .csv file used for exporting the data from the QC SOMEC database to the ECSAS database.

Usage

SOMEC2ECSAS(input = "SOMEC.accdb", output = "ECSASexport.csv",
            date = "2014-01-01", step = "5 min", spNA = TRUE, excludeCruises = NULL,
            typeSaisie = "ordi", inTransect = TRUE, saveErrors = TRUE)

Arguments

input	Name and path to the Access Quebec SOMEC database.
output	Name and path of the export .csv file created.
date	Cut off date after which the data should be extracted (character, format: "yyyy-mm-dd").
step	Length of bouts in minutes to cut or join the transects into (default: "5 min"). Original QC data is cut in 1 minute bouts. See the by argument of seq.POSIXt for details on how to specify a value.
spNA	Species codes without matches will be turned to NAs or left with their codes.
excludeCruises	Character vector with cruises ids to exclude.
typeSaisie	Character vector to subset the way data was collected. Defaults to "ordi" - only data collected on computer will be returned.
inTransect	Should only data in transect be returned?
saveErrors	Log problems with transects encountered during extraction.

Details

If output, date, excludeCruises or typeSaisie are NULL, the corresponding options will be ignored.

Value

A .csv file written at the given location.

Author(s)

Francois Rousseu

See Also

data2SOMEC

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