algaeClassify 2.0.2
Major changes
- Version 2.0.x includes tools for querying the algaebase taxonomic database with a valid API key.
- Version 1.4.x includes alternative tools for standardizing taxonomic names and extracting higher taxonomy using the Geographic Names Resolution Service and the ITIS taxonomic database.
Minor changes
-Version 2.0.1 has been approved as an official U.S. Geological Survey software release. -Version 2.0.2 includes improved error handling for itis search functions, and will return a warning and data.frame containing NAs if the ITIS website is temporarily down.