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MacroZooBenthosWaterA (version 0.1.0)

Fresh Water Quality Analysis Based on Macrozoobenthos

Description

Includes functions for calculating basic indices of macrozoobenthos for water quality and is designed to provide researchers and environmental professionals with a comprehensive tool for evaluating the ecological health of aquatic ecosystems.The package is based on the following references: Paisley, M. F., Trigg, D. J. and Walley, W. J. (2014). Arslan, N., Salur, A., Kalyoncu, H. et al.(2016) . Hilsenhoff W.L. (1987). Hilsenhoff. W.L. (1988) Barbour, M.T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B.D., and Stribling, J.B. (1999).

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install.packages('MacroZooBenthosWaterA')

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Version

0.1.0

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Donard Geci

Last Published

March 8th, 2023

Functions in MacroZooBenthosWaterA (0.1.0)

calculate_BMWP

The Biological Monitoring Working Party score (BMWP) This index provides single values, at the family level (with exception of Oligochaete which is to the order level), representative of the organisms’ tolerance to pollution.
calculate_FBI

Assigned tolerancevalues range from 0 to 10 for families and increase as water quality decreases
calculate_ASPT

The Average Score Per Taxon (ASPT) represents the average tolerance score of all taxa within the community, and is calculated by dividing the BMWP by the number of families/taxa represented in the sample.
calculate_SWRC

SWRC - Biotic index (Stroud Water Research Centre - Biotic index)
calculate_EPT

This index is calculated based on the number of families belonging to three macroinvertebrate orders: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera.