Reshape Species Groups from Wide to Long Format

This function converts a data frame containing repeated species group columns (species_group.0, species_group.1, etc.) into a long format where each species group is represented as a separate row, with a column indicating which group it belongs to.

Usage

reshape_species_groups(df = NULL)

Arguments

df

A data frame containing species group data in wide format

Value

A data frame in long format with each row representing a single species group record

Details

The function identifies columns that follow the pattern "species_group.X" and restructures the data so that each species group from a submission is represented as a separate row. It removes the position prefix from column names and adds an n_catch column to track the group number (1-based indexing). Rows that contain only NA values are filtered out.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
long_species_data <- reshape_species_groups(catch_info)
} # }