Template environmental sampling data

The template_es_data object provides a template of the data format required by the es package.

template_es_data

Format

template_es_data

A data frame with 6 columns:

date

The date each sample was collected. Formate is "YYYY-MM-DD".

location_id

A unique identifier for each of the sampling locations.

lat

The lattitude of the sampling location in decimal degrees.

lon

The longitude of the sampling location in decimal degrees.

target_name

The unique name of the gene target for which the Ct values correspond.

ct_value

The Cycle Threshold (Ct) of the qPCR assay.