getSpp: Get Species Lookup, and correct, species names

In rBatt/trawlData: Read and Clean Data from Bottom Trawl Surveys

Description

Get Species Lookup, and correct, species names

Usage

getSpp(uspp)

countN(x)

grb.spp1(x)

Arguments

uspp	character vector of unique species names to be checked
x	a character

Details

Lookup species names using taxize, with option to only lookup names not in a reference data.table of previously-checked names. Currently looks up 1 species name at a time, but function could be modified to look up chunks. Relies heavily on taxize.

Value

A data.table with 2 columns; "spp" column contains unchecked species names, "sppCorr" contains corrected (checked) species names

Functions

• countN: Count the number of N's in a word

• grb.spp1: Grab Species (helper function)

See Also

getCmmn, getTax

rBatt/trawlData documentation built on May 26, 2019, 7:45 p.m.