dugongdem {mkde} | R Documentation |
A RasterLayer containing bathymetry for the dugong data
Description
A 10-meter resolution bathymetric surface of the core seagrass habitat in depth below the mean sea level within the dugong's range (Sheppard et. al. 2007).
Format
A raster package RasterLayer object with 220 rows, 485 columns, and a cell size of 10 by 10 meters. Each cell contains a depth at low tide in meters.
Source
James Sheppard, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
References
Sheppard, J. K., Lawler, I. R., & Marsh, H. (2007). Seagrass as pasture for seacows: Landscape-level dugong habitat evaluation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 71(1), 117-132.
Examples
library(terra)
fpath <- system.file("extdata", "dugongdem.RDS", package="mkde")
dugongdem <- terra::readRDS(fpath)
plot(dugongdem)
[Package mkde version 0.4 Index]