Provide wrapper to work with species lists.
Usage
species(
species_list = NULL,
fields = NULL,
server = c("fishbase", "sealifebase"),
version = "latest",
db = NULL,
...
)Arguments
- species_list
A vector of scientific names (each element as "genus species"). If empty, a table for all fish will be returned.
- fields
subset to these columns. (recommend to omit this and handle manually)
- server
Either "fishbase" or "sealifebase".
- version
a version string for the database. See
available_releases()for details.- db
database connection, now deprecated.
- ...
additional arguments, currently ignored
Value
a data.frame with rows for species and columns for the fields returned by the query (FishBase 'species' table)
Details
The Species table is the heart of FishBase. This function provides a convenient way to query, tidy, and assemble data from that table given an entire list of species. For details, see: http://www.fishbase.org/manual/english/fishbasethe_species_table.htm
Species scientific names are defined according to fishbase taxonomy and nomenclature.
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
species(c("Labroides bicolor", "Bolbometopon muricatum"))
} # }