Fauna Table with double (row and column) partitioning
ardeche.Rd
This data set gives information about species of benthic macroinvertebrates in different sites and dates.
Usage
data(ardeche)
Format
ardeche
is a list with 6 components.
- tab
is a data frame containing fauna table with 43 species (rows) and 35 samples (columns).
- col.blocks
is a vector containing the repartition of samples for the 6 dates : july 1982, august 1982, november 1982, february 1983, april 1983 and july 1983.
- row.blocks
is a vector containing the repartition of species in the 4 groups defining the species order.
- dat.fac
is a date factor for samples (6 dates).
- sta.fac
is a site factor for samples (6 sites).
- esp.fac
is a species order factor (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera).
Details
The columns of the data frame ardeche$tab
define the samples by a number between 1 and 6 (the date)
and a letter between A and F (the site).