L4.mar: L4 plankton abundance time-series prepared for MAR modeling

Description

Plankton abundance data collected at the Western Channel Observatory L4 station, formatted for use in run.mar. The dataset was prepared for MAR analysis with a call to prepare.data(data=L4.AllDates, increment="month", fill.gap=0, replace.0s="rand.half", log=T, z.method="deseason")

Usage

data(L4.mar)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 179 observations on the following 21 variables.

	`contin`
a numeric vector where matching values indicate blocks of continuous sampling dates
`date`	dates
	`cnidarian`
e.g., hydromedusae and siphonophores
`amphipod`	e.g., gammarids
	`chaetognath`
Sagitta spp.
`krill`	Euphausiids (all stages)
	`pteropod`
Clione and Limacina
`tunicate`	larvaceans
	`cladoceran`
Evadne spp. and Podon spp.
`calanoid.lg`	large calanoid copepods (>2 mm)
	`calanoid.sm`
small calanoid copepods (<2 mm)<="" td="">
`cyclopoid`	cyclopoid copepods
	`poecilostom`
poecilostomatoid copepods
`harpact`	harpacticoid copepods
	`diatom`
phytoplankton: diatoms
`dino`	phytoplankton: dinoflagellates
	`other.algae`
phytoplankton: e.g., coccolithophores, green
`cirripedia`	meroplankton: barnacle nauplii and cyprids
	`mero.grazers`
meroplankton: other grazers, e.g., gastropod and bivalve larvae
`decapod`	meroplankton: e.g., crab and shrimp larvae
	`surface.temp`
sea surface temperature

Source

http://www.westernchannelobservatory.org.uk/data.php

Examples

Run this code

data(L4.mar)
summary(L4.mar)