Laize, C.L.R.; Thompson, J.R.

R implementation of the Ecological Risk due to Flow Alteration (ERFA) method

https://doi.org/10.5285/98ec8073-7ebd-44e5-aca4-ebcdefa9d044
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This application is an implementation of the Ecological Risk due to Flow Alteration (ERFA) method in R language. This method assesses the potential impact of flow change on river ecosystems.

Although the code was developed with a geographical focus on southeast Asia (example datasets are provided for the Mekong River Basin), it can be applied for any location where baseline and scenario monthly river flow time series are available.

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Publication date: 2019-12-17
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R package

Provenance & quality

This application comprises a series of R scripts and also uses the Shiny R package. It was developed using R version 3.4.2 and Shiny version 1.0.5 and has been tested up to R version 3.6.1 and Shiny version 1.3.2 on both the Windows and MacOS operating systems. At a minimum it requires the installation of R but it can also run under R Studio.

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This software is available under the terms of the General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version

Cite this software as:
Laize, C.L.R.; Thompson, J.R. (2019). R implementation of the Ecological Risk due to Flow Alteration (ERFA) method. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/98ec8073-7ebd-44e5-aca4-ebcdefa9d044

© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
© Natural Environment Research Council
© University College London (UCL)

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Correspondence/contact details

Laize, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Laize, C.L.R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thompson, J.R.
University College London

Other contacts

Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

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Topic categories
environment
Keywords
Ecohydrology , Ecological risk , Environmental risk , Flow alteration , Hydroecology , Modelling , River ecosystem