chirInfo: Chironomid ecological information

In shiggo/jezioro: Tools for Paleolimnological Analyses at the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory

Description

chirInfo is a data frame tabulating several aspects of chironomid ecology into a single file.

The chirInfo data frame contains the following 18 columns:

• Column 1: taxon name

• Columns 2-5: taxonomic information

• Columns 6-11: ecological info taken from Brooks (2007)

• Columns 12-15: ecological info taken from Coffman (1978)

• Column 16: taxonomic codes used in Roberto Quinlan's PhD thesis and the 2001/2010 papers

• Columns 17-18: optima/tolerances from the Quinlan 2010 VWHO model

Usage

data(chirInfo)

Format

A data frame containing 211 observations of 18 variables.

References

Brooks SJ, Langdon PG, Heiri O (2007) The identification and use of Palaearctic Chironomidae larvae in paleoecology. Quat Res (London): Technical Guide no. 10.

Coffman WP (1978) Chironomidae. pp. 345-376. In: Merrit, RW, Cummins KW (Eds). An introduction of aquatic insects of North America. Kendall Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, 441p

Quinlan R, Smol JP (2001) Chironomid-based inference models for estimating end-of-summer hypolimnetic oxygen from south-central Ontario shield lakes. Freshwater Biology 46: 1529-1551

Quinlan R, Smol JP (2010) Use of Chaoborus subfossil mandibles in models for inferring past hypolimnetic oxygen. Journal of Paleolimnology 44: 43-50

shiggo/jezioro documentation built on Sept. 7, 2020, 7:34 p.m.