Process Species List with Taxonomic Information

Processes a list of species by assigning database sources and taxonomic ranks. Determines whether species should be looked up in FishBase or SeaLifeBase based on their ISSCAAP group.

Usage

process_species_list(fao_codes, asfis_list)

Arguments

fao_codes

Vector of FAO 3-alpha codes

asfis_list

ASFIS list data frame containing taxonomic information

Value

A data frame with columns:

• a3_code: FAO 3-alpha code

• scientific_name: Scientific name (cleaned)

• database: "fishbase" or "sealifebase"

• rank: Taxonomic rank ("Genus", "Family", "Order", "Species")

• ... (other taxonomic fields)

Note

ISSCAAP groups 57, 45, 43, 42, 56 are assigned to SeaLifeBase; all others to FishBase

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
species_list <- process_species_list(c("TUN", "PEZ"), asfis_data)
} # }