Ocean Health Index for British Columbia

This repository

Welcome to the repository for code and data related to Changes in ocean health in British Columbia from 2001 to 2016. When using data and results from this OHI assessment, please cite as:

O’Hara CC, Scarborough C, Hunter KL, Afflerbach JC, Bodtker K, Frazier M, et al. Changes in ocean health in British Columbia from 2001 to 2016. PLOS ONE. 2020;15: e0227502. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227502

Code

Here is an overview of the organization of files and data. For more details on general OHI practices and principles see here:

• The prep directory contains scripts and outputs for all data cleaning, preparation, and calculation of data layers for the primary OHIBC assessment.
• The regionHoweSound directory contains scripts and outputs for data cleaning, preparation, and calculation of data layers for the prototype OHIBC Howe Sound assessment.
• The calc_ohibc directory contains scripts to gather output data layers and process these layers into OHIBC scores and results.
• The post_analysis directory contains scripts that analyze scores and results for the PLOS ONE publication.

For additional information about the Ocean Health Index

http://ohi-science.org/