pct_potec: Percentage of POTEC Individuals

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Percentage of POTEC Individuals

Usage

1
pct_potec(order.wide)

Arguments

order.wide

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

Value

The percentage of individuals identified as plecopterans (Order: Plecoptera), odonates (Order: Odonata), trichopterans (Order: Trichoptera), ephemeropterans (Order: Ephemeroptera), and coleopterans (Order: Coleoptera) (POTEC). This is an exploratory metric combining EPT taxa with COTE taxa. Coleopterans (Order: Coleoptera), odonates (Order: Odonata), trichopterans (Order: Trichoptera), and ephemeropterans (Order: Ephemeroptera) (COTE) were used by Kamman (2007) as a lentic benthic macroinverterbate metric.

Citation: KAMMAN, N. 2007. Development of Biocriteria for Vermont and New Hampshire Lakes Criteria Development for Macroinvertebrates for Three Lake Classes and Implementation Procedure for Biological Assessment of Vermont Lakes. Pages 1–21. Vermont Department of Environemental Conservation, Waterbury, VT.


zsmith27/Benthos documentation built on May 5, 2019, 2:38 a.m.