rfishbase (version 2.1.2)

faoareas: faoareas

Description

return a table of species locations as reported in FishBASE.org FAO location data

Usage

faoareas(species_list, fields = NULL, server = getOption("FISHBASE_API",
  FISHBASE_API), limit = 500)

Arguments

species_list

A vector of scientific names (each element as "genus species"). If empty, the table will be loaded up to the limit. This makes it possible to load an entire table without knowledge of the species in the table, thus avoiding uneccesary API calls.

fields

a character vector specifying which fields (columns) should be returned. By default, all available columns recognized by the parser are returned. This option can be used to limit the amount of data transfered over the network if only certain columns are needed.

server

base URL to the FishBase API (by default). For SeaLifeBase, use https://fishbase.ropensci.org/sealifebase

limit

The maximum number of matches from a single API call (e.g. per species). Function will warn if this needs to be increased, otherwise can be left as is.

Details

currently this is ~ FAO areas table (minus "note" field) e.g. http://www.fishbase.us/Country/FaoAreaList.php?ID=5537

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  faoareas(species_list(Genus='Labroides'))
# }