Download marine ecoregions of the World (MEOW) spatial layer — get_marine_ecoregions

Downloads the spatial layer of marine ecoregions of the World (MEOW) available on the WWF website (https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/marine-ecoregions-of-the-world-a-bioregionalization-of-coastal-and-shelf-areas).

Usage

get_marine_ecoregions_layer(path = ".", overwrite = FALSE, timeout = 60, ...)

Arguments

path: a character of length 1. The path to the folder to save the spatial layer. Note that a subdirectory MEOW/ will be created.
overwrite: a logical. If TRUE it will override the existing files. Default is FALSE.
timeout: an integer. The timeout for downloading files. Default is 60. This number can be increased for slow Internet connection.
...: other arguments to pass to download.file() (e.g. headers).

Value

No return value. Files will be written in path.

References

Spalding MD et al. (2007) Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas. BioScience, 57(7), 573-583. https://doi.org/10.1641/B570707.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## Download marine ecoregions spatial layer ----
get_marine_ecoregions_layer(path = "data")
}