Global distribution and environmental correlates of marine bioturbation

This repository contains the R scripts necessary for conducting the data analysis for the paper titled 'Global distribution and environmental correlates of marine bioturbation', authored by Shuang Zhang, Martin Solan, and Lidya Tarhan.

It includes five R files, which should be executed in the following order:

01-Db_L_data_compilation: Initial data exploration and compilation (calculating average Db and L over time)

02-Db_L_data_explore: Further data exploration and analysis

03-Machine_learning_train: Building the machine learning framework

04-Machine_learning_predict: Using the trained machine learning framework to predict global Db and L values

05-MPA_analysis: Marine Protected Area (MPA) analysis

The repository also contains all necessary data to run these scripts. In addition, this repository also contains the appendix figures for the bioturbation paper.