report.mefa
(Package: mefa) :
Write Report of an Object of Class 'mefa' into File
The data of the 'mefa' object is written into a file in a standard format used by most local journals for publishing distribution data of organisms. The aim is to provide an exporting facility that can directly be used for generating reports, parts of research papers, or supplementary materials.
aggregate.mefa
(Package: mefa) :
Extract and Aggregate Objects of Class 'mefa'
These methods are useful when extracting or aggregating 'mefa' objects. The count data matrix, the matrices for segments and the linked tables of samples and taxa are extracted or aggregated at the same time.
mefaTables
(Package: mefa) :
Subsetting and Ordering of Related Data Tables
This function is called by the mefa function to subset the community data matrix and the related data frames, but can be applied more generally for subsetting and ordering.
stcs
(Package: mefa) :
Create an Object of Class 'stcs'
This function creates object of class 'stcs' from a data frame. This is the primary format for long (database style) data sets in the mefa package. The 'stcs' object can be converted into an object of class 'mefa' with the function mefa. The function name 'stcs' refers to first letters of column names of the resulting object: samples, taxa, counts, segments.