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Citing pointcoral

citation.Rmd

Use the citation returned by the installed package so the recorded version matches the software used in an analysis.

citation("pointcoral")
## To cite pointcoral in publications, use:
## 
##   Cordero E (2026). _pointcoral: Local Point-Count Processing for Coral
##   Photoquadrats_. doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.pointcoral
##   <https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.pointcoral>. R package version
##   0.1.0, <https://el-cordero.github.io/pointcoral/>.
## 
## A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
## 
##   @Manual{,
##     title = {pointcoral: Local Point-Count Processing for Coral Photoquadrats},
##     author = {Elvin Cordero},
##     year = {2026},
##     note = {R package version 0.1.0},
##     doi = {10.32614/CRAN.package.pointcoral},
##     url = {https://el-cordero.github.io/pointcoral/},
##   }
## 
## When CPCe software or its random point-count method is used, also cite
## Kohler and Gill (2006), doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.11.009.

BibTeX can be generated with:

toBibtex(citation("pointcoral"))

Availability and license

CRAN published version 0.1.0 on June 19, 2026. Use the installed package citation so a report remains accurate when a later version is installed.

CPCe method

When the analysis uses the CPCe software or random point-count method, also cite the original method paper:

Kohler, K. E. and Gill, S. M. (2006). Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe): A Visual Basic program for the determination of coral and substrate coverage using random point count methodology. Computers & Geosciences, 32(9), 1259–1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2005.11.009.

The package citation credits the software. The CPCe citation credits the source annotation software and method; neither substitutes for citing the survey data, field protocol, image archive, taxonomic authority, or downstream model.