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rfishbase (version 0.2-2)

getTrophicLevel: get trophic level

Description

get a quantitative estimate of the trophic level for the species requested. See the "Ecology" page on Fishbase for the speices.

Usage

getTrophicLevel(fish.data = NULL, path = NULL, as_table = FALSE,
  from = c("diet composition", "individual food items"), unfished = FALSE,
  justSE = FALSE, justReference = FALSE)

Arguments

fish.data
the fishbase database fish.data or a subset,
path
to cached copy of fishbase (optional, defaults to copy in package).
as_table
logical. if True, returns the whole table. Otherwise (default), returns the element from the table that is specified by the other options.
from
use the diet composition or the individual food items? See fishbase.org for details on these differences. Both may or may not be available.
unfished
return the estimate for unfished population (default FALSE). See fishbase.org for details.
justSE
return the standard deviation to the estimated trophic level. If FALSE, returns the estimated value, so you must use two calls, or use as_table=TRUE, to get both values.
justReference
logical. return the reference used for estimation (without other data).

Value

  • depends on the arguments given above. Default is to return the (fished) diet composition estimate (often used as the default in fishbase.org).