In dkopp3/MMASN: Multi-Scale Morphomettic Analysis of Stream Networks

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MMASN: Multi-scale Morphometric Analysis of Stream Networks

The goal of MMASN is to facilitate morphometric analysis of stream networks and provide landscape metrics that quantify spatial pattern of habitat patches in dendritic networks. These functions rely on data provide by the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 2; NHDPlusv2.

Installation

This Package is still under development but can be installed from GitHub:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("dkopp3/MMASN")

Example

Here, I download data from the NHDPlusV2 and optional data sources. I then use MMASN to measure watershed-, NHDPlus COMID- and reach- scale morphometry and demonstrate how these values can be used to identify habitat patches in stream networks with hierarchical clustering. Finally, I quantify the spatial pattern of these habitat patches using landscape metrics developed for dendritic stream networks.

library(MMASN)

#Other packages for the example
library(archive) #7zip software workaround 
library(foreign) #reads .dbf files
library(sf) #workhorse
library(lwgeom) #line stuff 
library(raster) #external data
library(cluster) #patch identification 

library(tidyverse) #landscape metrics #tidyverse masks tidygraph, load first 
library(igraph) #landscape metrics
library(tidygraph) #landscape metrics

library(ggplot2)#lazy plots :) 
library(gridExtra)

Data Preparation

Download data

NHDPlusv2 (Required, digital stream network and catchments)

#use NHDPlusV2 data from VPU 17 
#https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/nhdplus-pacific-northwest-data-vector-processing-unit-17

#Flowlines - hydropgraphy 
download.file("https://s3.amazonaws.com/edap-nhdplus/NHDPlusV21/Data/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlusV21_PN_17_NHDSnapshot_08.7z",
               "Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusV21_PN_17_NHDSnapshot_08.7z", mode = "wb")
archive_extract(archive("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusV21_PN_17_NHDSnapshot_08.7z"), dir = "Data/NHDPLUSV2")

#Value added attribute table 
#PlusFlow table - navigation
download.file("https://s3.amazonaws.com/edap-nhdplus/NHDPlusV21/Data/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlusV21_PN_17_NHDPlusAttributes_10.7z",
              "Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusV21_PN_17_NHDPlusAttributes_10.7z", mode = "wb")
archive_extract(archive("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusV21_PN_17_NHDPlusAttributes_10.7z"), dir = "Data/NHDPLUSV2")

#catchment files were unavailable at NHDPlusV2 page
#download.file(mode = "wb")
#archive_extract(archive(), dir = "Data/NHDPLUSV2")

StreamCat (optional, COMID Scale values)

#download StreamCat (filename = NULL, downloads all files)
#https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/streamcat-metrics-and-definitions
StreamCat_download(path = "Data/StreamCat", vpu = "17", filename = "NRSA_PredictedBioCondition")
StreamCat_download(path = "Data/StreamCat", vpu = "17", filename = "Lithology")
StreamCat_download(path = "Data/StreamCat", vpu = "17", filename = "NLCD2006RipBuf100_Region")

Average accumulated growing degree days (Optional, Reach scale dataset values)

#download Ancillary data - Accumulated Degree days >32degF
#https://www.usanpn.org/data/agdd_maps
url <- paste0("http://geoserver.usanpn.org/geoserver/gdd/wcs?service=WCS&",
              "version=2.0.1&",
              "request=GetCoverage&CoverageId=gdd:30yr_avg_agdd&",
              "subset=http://www.opengis.net/def/axis/OGC/0/elevation(", 365,")&",
              "format=image/geotiff")
download.file(url, destfile = paste0("Data/AGDD_30yrAVG_", 365) , method = "libcurl", mode = "wb")

Stream network outlets (Required)

#download Sampling locations from the National Rivers and Streams Assessment
download.file("https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-04/nrsa_1819_site_information_-_data.csv",
              "Data/nrsa_1819_site_information_-_data.csv", mode = "wb")

Read NHDPlusV2 Files

flow = foreign::read.dbf("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlus17/NHDPlusAttributes/PlusFlow.dbf")
vaa = foreign::read.dbf("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlus17/NHDPlusAttributes/PlusFlowlineVAA.dbf")
elevslope = foreign::read.dbf("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlus17/NHDPlusAttributes/elevslope.dbf")
NHDFlowline = sf::read_sf("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlus17/NHDSnapshot/Hydrography/NHDFlowline.shp")
NHDFlowline <- sf::st_zm(NHDFlowline, what = "ZM", drop = T)
NHDCatchments <- sf::read_sf("Data/NHDPLUSV2/NHDPlusPN/NHDPlus17/NHDPlusCatchment/Catchment.shp")

Select stream network outlets

#read in file 
outlets <- read.csv("Data/nrsa_1819_site_information_-_data.csv")

#select unique values 
outlets <- unique(subset(outlets, 
                         select = c("UNIQUE_ID", "COMID",
                                    "LON_DD83","LAT_DD83")))
#create sf object
outlets <- sf::st_as_sf(outlets, 
                        coords = c("LON_DD83","LAT_DD83"), 
                        crs = 4269)

#read in NHDPlusV2 vector processing unit (vpu)
vpu_poly <- sf::read_sf("Data/VPU_NAD83.shp")

#associate outlets with vpu polugons
vpu_ls <- sf::st_contains(st_transform(vpu_poly, crs = 5070), 
                          st_transform(outlets, crs = 5070))
names(vpu_ls) <- vpu_poly$VPUID

#select outlets in vpu 17
outlets <- outlets[vpu_ls[["17"]],]

#quick plot
ggplot()+
geom_sf(data = vpu_poly, color = "blue") +
  geom_sf(data = outlets, color = "black")

Find Nearest NHDPlus COMID

In many instances the sampling point may not completely align with the NHDPlusV2 flowline. The find_comid() function returns a list of length outlets, with each element containing the COMID's within a given buffer distance.

#returns all nhdplus COMID within the maxdist buffer
comids <- find_comid(pts = outlets, NHDFlowline, maxdist = 200)

#select closest COMID for this ecample
comids <- do.call(rbind, lapply(comids, function(x) x[which.min(x$dist_m), ]))

#assign COMID value
outlets$COMID[comids$index] <- comids$COMID
head(comids)

Delineate Upstream Network

net_delin extracts all the COMID's upstream of a given COMID. In this example we delineate the stream network upstream of two comids

upstr_comid_1 <- net_delin(comid = 24423157, flow = flow, vaa = vaa)
upstr_comid_2 <- net_delin(comid = 947100116, flow = flow, vaa = vaa)

#quick plot of Stream Networks

#select outlets
sites_1 <- outlets[outlets$COMID == 24423157, ] 
sites_2 <- outlets[outlets$COMID == 947100116, ] 

#extract flowlines from NHDPlus via simple matching
network_1 <- NHDFlowline[NHDFlowline$COMID%in%upstr_comid_1, ]
network_2 <- NHDFlowline[NHDFlowline$COMID%in%upstr_comid_2, ]

#plot
p1 <- ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = network_1, color = "blue") +
  geom_sf(data = sites_1, color = "black")

p2<-ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = network_2, color = "blue")+
  geom_sf(data = sites_2, color = "black")

#install.packages("gridExtra")
gridExtra::grid.arrange(p1, p2, nrow = 1)

Watershed Scale Morphometry

Watershed scale morphometry refers to indices that quantify the shape of the watershed (i.e. land area surrounding the entire stream network) or the stream network itself.

Basin Shape

Basin Shape includes: Compactness coefficient (CmpC), defined as the ratio of the watershed perimeter to the circumference of equivalent circular area.

Elongation ratio (ElnR), defined as the ratio of diameter of a circle of the same area as the watershed to the maximum watershed length. The numerical value varies from 0 (in highly elongated shape) to 1 (in circular shape).

Circulatory ratio (CrcR), defined as the ratio of watershed area to the area of the circle having the same perimeter as the watershed perimeter. The numeric value may vary in between 0 (in line) and 1 (in a circle). see for more information

#calculate basin shape metrics
cats_1 <- cat_shp(network = network_1, NHDCatchments)
cats_2 <- cat_shp(network = network_2, NHDCatchments)
cats_1

Stream Network Shape

Stream network shape includes: Bifurcation Ratio (Rb) is defined as the ratio of number of streams of a particular order (Nu) to number of streams of next higher order (Nu+i).

Length Ratio (Rl) is defined as the ratio of mean stream length (Lu) of a particular stream order to mean stream length of the next lower order (Lu-1).

Area Ratio is defined as the ratio of mean catchment area (Lu) of a particular stream order to mean catchment area of the next lower order (Lu-1).

These values are estimated from the geometric relationship between the ratio and a given order.

#calcualte stream network characteristics for two stream networks
netshp_1 <- net_shp(network = network_1, vaa = vaa)
netshp_2 <- net_shp(network = network_2, vaa = vaa)
netshp_1

# Quick plot of watersheds
p1 <- ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = cats_1, color = "green")+
  geom_sf(data = network_1, color = "blue") +
  geom_sf(data = sites_1, color = "black")

p2 <- ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = cats_2, color = "green")+
  geom_sf(data = network_2, color = "blue")+
  geom_sf(data = sites_2, color = "black")

#install.packages("gridExtra")
gridExtra::grid.arrange(p1, p2, nrow = 1)

# Combine watershed scale morphometry into dataframe for later use 
WS_SCALE <- data.frame(rbind(
  cbind(st_set_geometry(cats_1, NULL), netshp_1),
  cbind(st_set_geometry(cats_2, NULL), netshp_2)), 
  row.names = NULL)

head(WS_SCALE)

COMID Scale Metrics

COMID scale metrics refer to attributes of individual stream channels

Channel Shape

channel shape includes the mean elevation and slope of the COMID provided by NHDPlusV2 and the sinuosity. Sinuosity is measured as the length of the stream channel divided by the straight line distance between the COMID inlet/outlet.

planform <- chn_geom(network = network_1, elevslope = elevslope)

#drop the NHDPlusV2 smoothed values
planform <- subset(planform, select = -c(MAXELEVSMO, MINELEVSMO))
head(planform)

Confluence Attributes

Confluence attributes include: Tributary angle defined as the angle that the tributaty and mainstem meet

Area ratio is the catchment area of the tributary divided by the catchment area of the mainstem

Confluence area is the catchment area upstream of the confluence

Confluence order is the stream order directly downstream of the confluence

Confluence class is the concatenation of the tributary and mainstem stream orders

confl_attrs <- net_confl(network = network_1, vaa = vaa, flow = flow)
head(confl_attrs)

#quick plot of confluence
ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = cats_1, color = "green")+
  geom_sf(data = network_1, color = "blue") +
  geom_sf(data = network_1[network_1$COMID %in%confl_attrs$COMID,], color = "black")+
  geom_sf(data = network_1[network_1$COMID %in% sites_1$COMID,], color = "purple", lwd = 1.25)+
  geom_sf(data = sites_1, color = "black") 

confl_attrs[confl_attrs$COMID==sites_1$COMID, ]

Adding StreamCat Data

The get StreamCat function extracts values from a given StreamCat data table for all COMIDs within a network

#get lithology values for each COMID in the network
lithology <- get_streamcat(comid = network_1$COMID, 
                           strcat_path = "Data/StreamCat",
                           csvfile = "Lithology", vpu = "17")

#clean output: select columns with values
#many lithology values are 0 for all COMIDs
lithology <- subset(lithology, 
                    select = c("COMID", grep("Cat", names(lithology), value = T)))
lithology <- lithology[,apply(lithology, 2, sum, na.rm = T)>0]

#get predicted biological condition
biocond <- get_streamcat(comid = network_1$COMID, 
                         strcat_path = "Data/StreamCat",
                         csvfile = "NRSA_PredictedBioCondition", 
                         vpu = "17")
biocond <- biocond[,c("COMID", "prG_BMMI")]

#clean COMID scale data
COMID_SCALE <- Reduce(function(x,y) merge(x, y, by = "COMID", all.x = T), 
                      list(planform, confl_attrs, lithology, biocond))

#some reaches are not directly downstream of confluence 
x<-COMID_SCALE[,names(confl_attrs)]
#suppress invalid factor level on tributary class 
suppressWarnings(x[is.na(x)]<-0)
#update levels 
levels(x$Confl_class)<-c(levels(x$Confl_class), "0.0")
x$Confl_class[is.na(x$Confl_class)] <- "0.0"
COMID_SCALE[,names(confl_attrs)]<-x
rm(x)
head(COMID_SCALE)

Reach scale metrics

In some instances users may want to use data at a finer resolution than COMID. We define reaches as divisions of NHPLUS Comids and provide a function that splits the COMIDs within a stream network into equal parts, identifies the point and creates lateral transects. These sf objects (reaches, midpoints, and transects) can be used to extract new data at finer resolutions.

Creating Stream Network Reaches

#split NHDPlusV2 COMIDs into 2 reaches (i.e. n=2)
net_rch <- net_sample(network = network_1, vaa = vaa, n = 2, what = "reaches", keep.divergent = F)

#create point at midpoint of reaches
net_pts <- net_sample(network_1, vaa, n = 2, what = "midpoints", keep.divergent = F)

#create lateral transects at each midpoint
net_trn <- net_sample(network_1, vaa, n = 2, what = "transects", 
                      NHDCatchments = NHDCatchments, keep.divergent = F)

#quick plot of watersheds
p1 <- ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = cats_1, color = "green")+
  geom_sf(data = net_rch, color = "blue") +
  geom_sf(data = net_pts, color = "black")

p2 <- ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = cats_1, color = "green")+
  geom_sf(data = net_rch, color = "blue") +
  geom_sf(data = net_trn, color = "black")

#install.packages("gridExtra")
gridExtra::grid.arrange(p1, p2, nrow = 1)

extract data at midpoints and along transects

#Use annual growing degree days from the National Phenology Network
r <- raster("Data/AGDD_30yrAVG_365")
agdd = raster::extract(r,
                       st_coordinates(
                         st_transform(net_pts, crs = crs(r))))

agdd <- data.frame(COMID = net_pts$COMID, 
                   PointID = net_pts$PointID,
                   agdd)

#Valley width is length of lateral transect
valley_width<-data.frame(COMID = net_trn$COMID,
                         PointID = net_trn$PointID, 
                         vln = units::set_units(st_length(net_trn),NULL))

#merge data
REACH_SCALE <- merge(agdd, valley_width, by = c("COMID", "PointID"), all.x = T)
head(REACH_SCALE)

Idenfitying "Patches" within a Stream Network

combine Watershed, COMID, and Reach data

#combine multiscale data
StrNet_data <- cbind(WS_SCALE[1,], 
                     merge(COMID_SCALE, 
                           REACH_SCALE, 
                           by = "COMID", 
                           all.x = T))

#select variables for clustering
StrNet_vars <- names(StrNet_data)[!names(StrNet_data) %in% 
                                    c("COMID", "PointID", 
                                      "prG_BMMI", "Class", 
                                      "CatPctFull","Rl_rsq",
                                      "Ra_rsq","Rb_rsq")]
#Use complete cases
StrNet_data <- StrNet_data[complete.cases(StrNet_data[,StrNet_vars]),]

head(StrNet_data[,c("COMID", "PointID", StrNet_vars)])

Hierarchical Clustering Analysis

#calculate dissimiilarity 
d <- daisy(StrNet_data[,StrNet_vars], metric = "gower")

#Clustering using wards method   
cl <- agnes(d, method = "ward")

#view dendrogram
plot(cl, which.plots = 2)

#define 5 groups of reaches
StrNet_data$grps <- cutree(cl, 5)

#plot Cluster Results
#merge results with the sampled reaches 
#retain all.x = T because some reaches were missing 
#data remained unclassified
net <- merge(net_rch, 
             StrNet_data[,c("PointID", "COMID", "prG_BMMI", "grps")], 
             by = c("COMID", "PointID"), all.x = T)

#update sites that could not be included in classification because
#missing data to 0
net$grps[is.na(net$grps)] <- 0

p1 <- ggplot()+
  geom_sf(data = net, color = net$grps + 1)

gridExtra::grid.arrange(p1, nrow = 1)

Quantifying Spatial Pattern

Spatial pattern can refer to composition of configuration of habitat patches within the steam network. Below, each landscape metric is calculated for each patch type (i.e. class scale).

Composition

#merge adjacent habitat patches of the same type into continuous segment
net_HGP <- merge_lines(lines = st_transform(net, 5070), 
                       groupName = "grps")

#create example composition metrics network
#claculate the number and total and mean length,
#of a given patch type
HGP_cmp <- do.call(rbind,
                      lapply(split(net_HGP, net_HGP$grps), 
                             function(x) 
                               data.frame(patch = unique(x$grps), 
                                          num = nrow(x), 
                                          tlen = sum(st_length(x)),
                                          meanlen = mean(st_length(x)))))
HGP_cmp

Configuration

#function sf_to_tidygraph adapted from #https://www.r-spatial.org/r/2019/09/26/spatial-networks.html 
#Enables measurement of watercourse distance between 
#habitat patches within the stream network
graph <- sf_to_tidygraph(st_transform(net, 5070), directed = F)
#here we calculate pairwise watercourse distances 
#separating patches of type 2
HGP_cnf <- patch_dist(graph, net_HGP, groupName = "grps", patch = "2")

#claculate a modified dendritic connectivity index baised on watercourse 
#distance between the patches 
DCI_dist(plen_i = HGP_cnf$patch_i_len, 
         plen_j = HGP_cnf$patch_j_len, 
         dist_ij = HGP_cnf$d, mu = 12000)

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