RoME (version 0.2.4)

check_mat_stages: Consistency of maturity stages

Description

Consistency check of maturity stages, according to the faunistic category and sex

Usage

check_mat_stages(Data, year, wd, suffix, stages = RoME::mat_stages)

Value

The function always returns TRUE generating a warning message when inconsistencies in the maturity stages are detected, being difficult to define for all GSAs the year in which occurred the switch from the "old" MEDITS maturity scale to the current MEDITS scale.

Arguments

Data

Biological data table (TC) or individual biological data table (TE) according to MEDITS protocol

year

reference year for the analysis

wd

working directory path defined by the user

suffix

Suffix string of the Logfile

stages

data frame with the list of allowed maturity stages for faunistic category as defined by the mat_stages dataset included in the package

Author

I. Bitetto, W. Zupa

Details

The check on maturity stage is performed for the species included in the new TM list, where selachians and bony fish are distinguished. The check is applied to the following faunistic categories: Ao, Ae, B, C and Bst.

References

Anonymus. 2017. MEDITS-Handbook. Version n. 9. MEDITS Working Group. 106 pp.

Examples

# \donttest{
DataTC <- RoME::TC
wd=tempdir()
suffix= "2020-03-05_time_h17m44s55"
check_mat_stages(DataTC,year=2007, wd, suffix)
# }