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AZMP Surface Salinity (ea_data)

Source: R/data-documentation.R
azmp_salinity.Rd

Surface salinity from the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) for the Scotian Shelf, covering NAFO Divisions 4X, 4V, and 4W. Data are averaged from in situ surveys and are crucial for fisheries and climate analyses.

Usage

data(azmp_salinity)

Format

An ea_data object:

data

A tibble with columns:

  • year: Numeric year

  • region: Character NAFO area name

  • mean_value: Numeric surface salinity (psu)

meta

A named list, including:

  • data_type: "Surface Salinity"

  • region: "Scotian Shelf"

  • location_descriptor: "NAFO 4X-4W"

  • units: "psu"

  • species: NA

  • source_citation: "DFO AZMP, through azmpdata package https://github.com/casaultb/azmpdata/"

Source

Generated from running data-raw/azmpdata/azmpdata-load.R

Author

Emily O'Grady and Benoit Casault