Ecological Limit Function Model Generation and Analysis Toolkit
Identify breakpoint location with PWIT
Identify breakpoint location with Ymax
Clean dataset of ecological and hydrologic data
Plot percent richness change for various percent flow reductions
Retrieve data from DEQ VAHydro database and format data for ELF genera...
Retrieve and format data for ELF generation
Generate Ecological Limit Function (ELF)
Calculate change in richness resulting from a percent reduction in flo...
A toolset for generating Ecological Limit Function (ELF) models and evaluating potential species loss resulting from flow change, based on the 'elfgen' framework. ELFs describe the relation between aquatic species richness (fish or benthic macroinvertebrates) and stream size characteristics (streamflow or drainage area). Journal publications are available outlining framework methodology (Kleiner et al. (2020) <doi:10.1111/1752-1688.12876>) and application (Rapp et al. (2020) <doi:10.1111/1752-1688.12877>).