R/chirInfo.R

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

#' @name chirInfo
#' @title Chironomid ecological information
#' @description \code{chirInfo} is a data frame tabulating several aspects of chironomid ecology into a single file. 
#' 
#' The \code{chirInfo} data frame contains the following 18 columns:
#' \itemize{
#'   \item Column 1: taxon name
#'   \item Columns 2-5: taxonomic information
#'   \item Columns 6-11: ecological info taken from Brooks (2007)
#'   \item Columns 12-15: ecological info taken from Coffman (1978)
#'   \item Column 16: taxonomic codes used in Roberto Quinlan's PhD thesis and the 2001/2010 papers
#'   \item Columns 17-18: optima/tolerances from the Quinlan 2010 VWHO model
#'   }
#' @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
#' 
#' @docType data
#' @usage data(chirInfo)
#' @format A data frame containing 211 observations of 18 variables.
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"chirInfo"