Get Trophic Type for a List of Plankton Taxa — ifcb_get_trophic

This function matches a specified list of taxa with a summarized list of trophic types for various plankton taxa from Northern Europe (data sourced from SMHI Trophic Type).

Usage

ifcb_get_trophic_type(taxa_list = NULL, print_complete_list = FALSE)

Arguments

taxa_list: A character vector of scientific names for which trophic types are to be retrieved.
print_complete_list: Logical, if TRUE, prints the complete list of summarized trophic types.

Value

A character vector of trophic types corresponding to the scientific names in taxa_list, or a data frame containing all taxa and trophic types available in the SMHI Trophic Type list. The available trophic types are autotrophic (AU), heterotrophic (HT), mixotrophic (MX) or not specified (NS).

Details

If there are multiple trophic types for a scientific name (i.e. AU and HT size classes), the summarized trophic type is "NS".

Examples

# Example usage:
taxa_list <- c("Acanthoceras zachariasii",
               "Nodularia spumigena",
               "Acanthoica quattrospina",
               "Noctiluca",
               "Gymnodiniales")

ifcb_get_trophic_type(taxa_list)
#> [1] "AU" "AU" "MX" "HT" "NS"