BBI - Benthic Biotic Indices Calculation from Composition Data
Set of functions to calculate Benthic Biotic Indices from
composition data, obtained whether from morphotaxonomic
inventories or sequencing data. Based on reference ecological
weights publicly available for a set of commonly used marine
biotic indices, such as AMBI (A Marine Biotic Index, Borja et
al., 2000) <doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00061-8> NSI (Norwegian
Sensitivity Index) and ISI (Indicator Species Index) (Rygg
2013, <ISBN:978-82-577-6210-0>). It provides the ecological
quality status of the samples based on each BBI as well as the
normalized Ecological Quality Ratio.