optimos.prime {optimos.prime}

Optimos Prime: A package for calculating autoecological data (optima and tolerance range) for biological species

Description

The calculations for optima and tolerance ranges is conducted according to the article by Birks et al. (1990). A case study for this technique is shown in Potapova & Charles (2003):

• Birks, H.J.B., Line J.M., Juggins S., Stevenson A.C., and Ter Braak C.J.F. (1990). Diatoms and pH reconstruction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 327:263–278

• Potapova, M., & Charles, D. F. (2003). Distribution of benthic diatoms in US rivers in relation to conductivity and ionic composition. Freshwater Biology, 48(8), 1311-1328.

Sample data is taken from:

• Sathicq, Maria Belen. (2017). Empleo de descriptores fitoplanctonicos como biomonitores en la evaluacion de la calidad del agua en la costa del Rio de la Plata (Franja Costera Sur). PhD thesis. <http://hdl.handle.net/10915/58915>

Functions

op_calculate() op_lists() op_plot()