Sample Sterile Zone Proportions by Species

Returns a vector of sterile zone proportions (i.e., the proportion of a coral colony that lies outside the sterile zone), sampled from lower, median, or upper estimates per species.

Usage

sample_sterile_zone(
  species_vec,
  width_vec = NULL,
  draw = c("random", "median", "lower", "upper")
)

Arguments

species_vec

A character vector of species names.

width_vec

Optional numeric vector of colony widths (ignored; reserved for future use).

draw

Character, one of "random" (default), "median", "lower", or "upper". Determines how to select the sterile proportion value.

Value

A numeric vector of sampled sterile zone proportions, same length as species_vec.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
species <- c("Acropora hyacinthus", "Acropora millepora", "Goniastrea retiformis")
sample_sterile_zone(species, draw = "random")
} # }