streamMetabolizer
Models for Estimating Aquatic Photosynthesis and Respiration
Alison P. Appling, Robert O. Hall, Jr., Maite Arroita, and Charles B. Yackulic
The streamMetabolizer R package uses inverse modeling to estimate aquatic photosynthesis and respiration (collectively, metabolism) from time series data on dissolved oxygen, water temperature, depth, and light. The package assists with data preparation, handles data gaps during modeling, and provides tabular and graphical reports of model outputs. Several time-honored methods are implemented along with many promising new variants that produce more accurate and precise metabolism estimates.
Recommended citation: To see the recommended citation for this package, please run citation('streamMetabolizer') at the R prompt.
A corresponding manuscript is in review, and the publication citation will be added when it becomes available.
Getting started
See http://usgs-r.github.io/streamMetabolizer for tutorials on package installation, getting started, and customizing your metabolism models.
Package status
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Questions and bug reports
Please report bugs and ask questions on the Issues page: https://github.com/USGS-R/streamMetabolizer/issues
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Code of Conduct
We want to encourage a warm, welcoming, and safe environment for contributing to this project. See the code of conduct for more information.
Package Support
streamMetabolizer was developed 2015-2017 with support from the USGS Powell Center (through a working group on Continental Patterns of Stream Metabolism), the USGS NAWQA program, and the USGS Office of Water Information. Ongoing package work is unfunded and therefore limited, though still enthusiastic.
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Disclaimer
This software is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an agency of the United States Department of Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy at https://www.usgs.gov/visual-id/credit_usgs.html#copyright
Although this software program has been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or the U.S. Government as to the accuracy and functioning of the program and related program material nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection therewith.
This software is provided "AS IS."
