Abigail-Crabs

Purpose

1. Analyze ghost crab burrow data
2. Determine if there is a correlation between burrow dimensions and human disturbance
3. Present findings in a way that is understandable

Required Packages

• Tidyverse
• Magrittr
• Knitr

Documents in Order of Use

• ../Images/Slide Images/rsz_1rsz_1rsz_ocypode_quadrata_cahuita.jpg
  • 1st image of Ghost Crab
• https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6895109
  • Website containing collected data
• https://figshare.com/articles/Impacts_of_human_disturbance_on_ghost_crab_burrow_morphology_and_distribution_on_sandy_shore/6895109/1?file=12581102
  • Website for burrow size and impact
• https://figshare.com/articles/Impacts_of_human_disturbance_on_ghost_crab_burrow_morphology_and_distribution_on_sandy_shore/6895109/1?file=12581114
  • Website for burrow density and impact
• https://figshare.com/articles/Impacts_of_human_disturbance_on_ghost_crab_burrow_morphology_and_distribution_on_sandy_shore/6895109/1?file=12581108
  • Website for burrow architecture
• ./Images/Slide Images/South_Carolina_Beaches.jpg
  • Image of South Carolina beaches
• ../Images/Plots/Opening Diameter vs. Impact
  • Plot of burrow diameter vs. human impact
• ../Images/Plots/Density vs. Impact
  • Plot of burrow density vs. human impact
• ../Images/Plots/Burrow Size vs. Quadrat
  • Plot of burrow size vs. distance from humans
• ../Images/Plots/Burrow Density vs. Quad
  • Plot of burrow density vs. distance from humans
• https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209977#:~:text=Ghost%20crabs%20have%20been%20widely,for%20management%20and%20conservation%20purposes.&text=We%20also%20found%20that%20ghost,burrows%20on%20heavily%20impacted%20beaches.
  • Website used for analysis reference
• ../Images/Slide Images/ghost-crab.jpg
  • Image of ghost crab

Directory Structure

• Data
  • Contains original data used in analysis
• Images
  • Plots
  • Images of plots created during analysis
  • Slide Images
  • Images used in slides, found on Google
• Output
  • Analysis_Cache
  • Cache for Rmarkdown and RPresentation files
  • Crab_Analysis_Slides_files
  • Cache for RPresentation images created in analysis
  • Crab_Analysis_Slides
  • Rpresentation html
  • Ghost Crab Analysis
  • Rmarkdown html
• Scripts
  • Crab_Analysis_Slides_cache
  • Cache for R presentation chunks
  • Crab_Analysis_Slides_files
  • contains html images for presentation
  • Project_Layout
  • Rmarkdown file that lays out project structure
  • Crab_Analysis.Rmd
  • Code for Rmarkdown analysis
  • Crab_Analysis_Slides.Rmd
  • Code for Rpresentation analysis
• .gitgnore
• .RData
• .Rhistory
• Abigail-Crabs
  • Directory for project
• README.md
  • Read me file that explains directory structure