read_importbenthic: Download and import benthic data for Tampa Bay

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

Download and import benthic data for Tampa Bay

Description

Download and import benthic data for Tampa Bay

Usage

read_importbenthic(path, download_latest = FALSE, remove = FALSE)

Arguments

path	chr string for local path where the zipped folder will be downloaded, must include .zip extension
download_latest	logical to download latest if a more recent dataset is available
remove	logical if the downloaded folder is removed after unzipping

Details

This function downloads and unzips a folder of base tables used to calculate the benthic index from https://epcbocc.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/Share/EtOJfziTTa9FliL1oROb9OsBRZU-nO60fu_0NRC162hHjQ?e=4gUXgJ.

Index the corresponding list element in the value column to view each dataset. For example, the stations data in the first row can be viewed as benthicdata$value[[1]].

Value

A nested tibble of station, taxa, and field sample data.

Examples

## Not run: 
# location to download data
path <- '~/Desktop/benthic.zip'

# load and assign to object
benthicdata <- read_importbenthic(path, download_latest = TRUE)


## End(Not run)

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