dugongdem {mkde} | R Documentation |
A RasterLayer containing bathymetry for the dugong data
Description
A 10-meter resolution bathymetric surface of the core seagrass habitat in depth below the mean sea level within the dugong's range (Sheppard et. al. 2007).
Usage
data(dugongdem)
Format
A raster package RasterLayer object with 220 rows, 485 columns, and a cell size of 10 by 10 meters. Each cell contains a depth at low tide in meters.
Source
James Sheppard, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
References
Sheppard, J. K., Lawler, I. R., & Marsh, H. (2007). Seagrass as pasture for seacows: Landscape-level dugong habitat evaluation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 71(1), 117-132.
Examples
library(raster)
data(dugongdem)
plot(dugongdem)
[Package mkde version 0.2 Index]