PreyTaxonSort: Prey taxa found in Yellowfin tuna stomach contents

PreyTaxonSortR Documentation

Prey taxa found in Yellowfin tuna stomach contents

Description

Taxonomic groupings of prey found in YFT stomach contents.

Usage

data(PreyTaxonSort)

Format

A data frame with 12 observations on the following 4 variables.

Group

Prey groups, identified to Family level of taxonomy, found in YFT stomach contents with the following levels: Argonautidae, Exocoetidae, Galatheidae, Hemiramphidae, Myctophidae, Nomeidae, Ommastrephidae, Ostraciidae, Phosichthyidae, Portunidae, Scombridae, Tetraodontidae

PreyTaxonSort

Abbreviations for prey groups found in YFT stomach contents with the following levels: A-Gal (Arthropods-Galatheidae), A-Por (Arthropods-Portunidae), F-Exo (Fishes-Exocoetidae), F-Hem (Fishes-Hemiramphidae), F-Myc (Fishes-Myctophidae), F-Nom (Fishes-Nomeidae), F-Ost (Fishes-Ostraciidae), F-Pho (Fishes-Phosichthyidae), F-Sco (Fishes-Scombridae), F-Tet (Fishes-Tetraodontidae), M-Arg (Molluscs-Argonautidae), M-Omm (Molluscs-Ommastrephidae)

PreyTaxBroad

Broad taxonomic grouping of prey found in YFT stomach contents with the following levels: Arthropods, Fishes, Molluscs

Sort

Sorting column that sorts the prey in order for plotting

Details

This dataset is used to sort prey by broad taxonomic groupings for output in the classification tree plots. Abbreviations of prey groups make the classification tree visually appealing.

References

Olson RJ, Popp BN, Graham BS, Lopez-Ibarra GA, Galvan-Magana F, Lennert-Cody CE, Bocanegra-Castillo N, Wallsgrove NJ, Gier E, Alatorre-Ramirez V, Balance LT, Fry B (2010) Food web inferences of stable isotope spatial patterns in copepods and yellowfin tuna in the pelagic eastern Pacific Ocean. Prog Oceanogr.

Examples

data(PreyTaxonSort)
PreyTaxonSort

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