Convert matrix with abundances to tidy data frame — as

as_abundances returns a tidy data frame given a numerical abundance matrix.

as_abundances(abundances_matrix, taxa_are_columns = TRUE, value = "abundance")

Arguments

abundances_matrix: The ambundance matrix that will be converted.
taxa_are_columns: A logical scalar. Are the taxa defined in columns? Default is TRUE.
value: Name of resulting colum containing the abundance data. Default is "abundance".

Details

This function will convert a numerical abundance matrix into a tidy data frame. To convert a tidy data frame into a numerical abundance matrix use as_abundances_matrix.