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AMBI functions

Core AMBI functions.

AMBI()
Calculates AMBI, the AZTI Marine Biotic Index
MAMBI()
Calculates M-AMBI, the multivariate AZTI Marine Biotic Index

Benthic quality indices

Other benthic quality index functions, including those derived from AMBI.

Hdash()
Calculates H' the Shannon diversity index
DKI()
Calculates DKI (v1)
DKI2()
Calculates DKI (v2)

Utility functions

Help functions for quality indices.

AMBI_species()
Returns species list for AMBI calculations
H_sal()
Maximum H' as a linear function of salinity
AMBI_sal()
Minimum AMBI as a linear function of salinity
test_data
AMBI test dataset