R package to calculate the Ecosystem-Based Quality Index
To cite this package please use the reference: Ferrario, F., Johnson, L.E., McKindsey, C.W., Archambault, P., 2021. Ecosystem-Based Quality Index in a harbor bay: Assessing the status of a heterogeneous system in a functional framework at a local scale. Ecol. Indic. 132, 108260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108260
Current version is: 0.1
The package is under active development. Coming next:
- function to perturbate the EBQI an Robustness analysis
- sample datasets
- Improve documentation
To install the package from github use
library(devtools)
install_github('filippo-ferrario/EzBQI', ref='HEAD')
The main function is based on the publication:
Personnic, S., Boudouresque, C.F., Astruch, P., Ballesteros, E., Blouet, S., Bellan-Santini, D., Bonhomme, P., Thibault-Botha, D., Feunteun, E., Harmelin-Vivien, M., Pergent, G., Pergent-Martini, C., Pastor, J., Poggiale, J.-C., Renaud, F., Thibaut, T., Ruitton, S., 2014. An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Assess the Status of a Mediterranean Ecosystem, the Posidonia oceanica Seagrass Meadow. PLoS One 9, e98994. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098994