ECOTOXr-package {ECOTOXr}R Documentation

Package description

Description

Everything you need to know when you start using the ECOTOXr package. logo.png

Details

The ECOTOXr provides the means to efficiently search, extract and analyse US EPA ECOTOX data, with a focus on reproducible results. Although the package creator/maintainer is confident in the quality of this software, it is the end users sole responsibility to assure the quality of his or her work while using this software. As per the provided license terms the package maintainer is not liable for any damage resulting from its usage. That being said, below we present some tips for generating reproducible results with this package.

How do I get started?

Installing this package is only the first step to get things started. You need to perform the following steps in order to use the package to its full capacity.

How do I obtain reproducible results?

Each individual user is responsible for evaluating the reproducibility of his or her work. Although this package offers instruments to achieve reproducibility, it is not guaranteed. In order to increase the chances of generating reproducible results, one should adhere at least to the following rules:

Why isn't the database included in the package?

This package doesn't come bundled with a copy of the database which needs to be downloaded the first time the package is used. Why is this? There are several reasons:

Why does this package promotes using a local copy of the ECOTOX database?

Although this package offers experimental features for searching on-line, there are several reasons why we opted for creating a local copy:

Author(s)

Maintainer: Pepijn de Vries pepijn.devries@outlook.com (ORCID) [data contributor]

References

Official US EPA ECOTOX website: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ecotox/

Olker, J.H., Elonen, C.M., Pilli, A., Anderson, A., Kinziger, B., Erickson, S., Skopinski, M., Pomplun, A., LaLone, C.A., Russom, C.L. and Hoff, D. (2022), The ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase: A Curated Database of Ecologically Relevant Toxicity Tests to Support Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. Environ Toxicol Chem, 41: 1520-1539.

See Also

Useful links:


[Package ECOTOXr version 1.1.1 Index]