ohio_pct_tolerant: Ohio EPA Percentage of Tolerant Taxa

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Ohio EPA Percentage of Tolerant Taxa

Usage

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Arguments

class.wide

Taxonomic counts aggregated at the class level classification in a wide data format. Use the wide function to prepare the data.

order.wide

Taxonomic counts aggregated at the order level classification in a wide data format. Use the wide function to prepare the data.

tribe.wide

Taxonomic counts aggregated at the tribe level classification in a wide data format. Use the wide function to prepare the data.

Value

The percentage of Diptera individuals not identified as Tanytarsini (Diptera; Chironomidae) individuals plus the percentage of individuals not identified as Insecta. Tanytarsini is a tribe from the family Chironomidae. This metric was used by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. 1988. Biological criteria for the protection of aquatic life: Volume II: users manual for biological field assessment of Ohio surface waters. Ohio EPA, Division of Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment, Surface Water Section, Columbus.


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