anlz_transectocc: Get seagrass average abundance and occurrence across...

In tbep-tech/tbeptools: Data and Indicators for the Tampa Bay Estuary Program

Get seagrass average abundance and occurrence across transects

Description

Get seagrass average abundance and occurrence across transects

Usage

anlz_transectocc(transect)

Arguments

transect

data frame returned by read_transect

Details

Abundance and frequency occurrence are estimated as in Sherwood et al. 2017, equations 1 and 2. In short, frequency occurrence is estimated as the number of instances a species was observed along a transect divided by the number of placements along a transect and average abundance was estimated as the sum of species-specific Braun-Blanquet scores divided by the number of placements along a transect. The estimates are obtained for all seagrass species including Caulerpa (attached macroalgae), Dapis (cyanobacteria), and Chaetomorpha (drift green algea), whereas all other attached and drift algae species are aggregated. Drift or attached macroalgae and cyanobacteria (Dapis) estimates may not be accurate prior to 2021. Values for total include total frequency occurrence only for seagrass species (Halodule, Syringodium, Thalassia, Ruppia, Halophila).

Value

A data frame with abundance and frequency occurrence estimates aggregated by species, transect, and date. The nsites column is the total number of placements that were sampled along a transect for a particular date.

References

Sherwood, E.T., Greening, H.S., Johansson, J.O.R., Kaufman, K., Raulerson, G.E. 2017. Tampa Bay (Florida, USA): Documenting seagrass recovery since the 1980's and reviewing the benefits. Southeastern Geographer. 57(3):294-319.

Examples

## Not run: 
transect <- read_transect()

## End(Not run)
anlz_transectocc(transect)

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