leppott · leppott · Mar 20, 2026 · Mar 19, 2026 · Mar 19, 2026 · Mar 19, 2026
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: BioMonTools
 Type: Package
 Title: Biomonitoring and Bioassessment Calculations
-Version: 1.2.4.9008
+Version: 1.2.4.9012
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Erik W.", "Leppo", 
            email="Erik.Leppo@tetratech.com", 

diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export(metric.values.fish)
 export(metvalgrpxl)
 export(qc.checks)
 export(qc_taxa)
+export(qc_taxa_match_official)
+export(qc_taxa_values_ffg)
+export(qc_taxa_values_habit)
+export(qc_taxa_values_tolval)
 export(rarify)
 export(taxa_translate)
 importFrom(rlang,.data)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,29 @@ NEWS
 
 <!-- NEWS.md is generated from NEWS.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 
-    #> Last Update: 2026-03-18 20:26:19.353336
+    #> Last Update: 2026-03-18 22:51:30.206983
 
 # Version History
 
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9012 (2026-03-18)
+
+- feature: Add qc_taxa_values_tolval function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9011 (2026-03-18)
+
+- refactor: Add default column name to qc_taxa_values_ffg
+- feature: Add qc_taxa_values_habit function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9010 (2026-03-18)
+
+- feature: Add qc_taxa_values_ffg function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9009 (2026-03-18)
+
+- deprecate: Change qc_taxa to qc_taxa_match_official
+  - Will be removed in a future version
+- refactor: Add qc_taxa_match_official and update with new name
+
 ## Changes in version 1.2.4.9008 (2026-03-18)
 
 - test: Add test for metric.values for collapsing, bugs and fish, Issue

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,10 +4,29 @@ NEWS
 
 <!-- NEWS.md is generated from NEWS.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 
-    #> Last Update: 2026-03-18 20:26:19.353336
+    #> Last Update: 2026-03-18 22:51:30.206983
 
 # Version History
 
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9012 (2026-03-18)
+
+- feature: Add qc_taxa_values_tolval function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9011 (2026-03-18)
+
+- refactor: Add default column name to qc_taxa_values_ffg
+- feature: Add qc_taxa_values_habit function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9010 (2026-03-18)
+
+- feature: Add qc_taxa_values_ffg function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9009 (2026-03-18)
+
+- deprecate: Change qc_taxa to qc_taxa_match_official
+  - Will be removed in a future version
+- refactor: Add qc_taxa_match_official and update with new name
+
 ## Changes in version 1.2.4.9008 (2026-03-18)
 
 - test: Add test for metric.values for collapsing, bugs and fish, Issue

diff --git a/NEWS.rmd b/NEWS.rmd
@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@ cat(paste0("Last Update: ",Sys.time()))
 
 # Version History
 
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9012 (2026-03-18)
+
+* feature: Add qc_taxa_values_tolval function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9011 (2026-03-18)
+
+* refactor: Add default column name to qc_taxa_values_ffg
+* feature: Add qc_taxa_values_habit function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9010 (2026-03-18)
+
+* feature: Add qc_taxa_values_ffg function
+
+## Changes in version 1.2.4.9009 (2026-03-18)
+
+* deprecate: Change qc_taxa to qc_taxa_match_official
+   + Will be removed in a future version
+* refactor: Add qc_taxa_match_official and update with new name
+
 ## Changes in version 1.2.4.9008 (2026-03-18)
 
 * test: Add test for metric.values for collapsing, bugs and fish, Issue #131

diff --git a/R/qc_taxa.R b/R/qc_taxa.R
@@ -1,56 +1,10 @@
 #' Quality Control Check on User Data Against Master Taxa List
 #'
-#' This function compares the user's data frame to a data frame with the
-#' official (or user supplied) master taxa list (benthic macroinvertebrates).
+#' This function has been deprecated (March 2026).
 #'
-#' Output is a data frame with matches.
+#' The new function is qc_taxa_match_official.
 #'
-#' Messages are output to the console with the number of matches and which user
-#' taxa did not match the official list.
-#'
-#' The official list is stored online but the user can input their own saved
-#' copy.
-#'
-#' Any columns in the user input file that match the official master taxa list
-#' will be renamed with the "_NonOfficial" suffix.
-#'
-#' New/different taxa in the user data are handled by the 'useOfficialTaxaInfo'
-#' parameter.  For taxa that did not match the master taxa list the user has
-#' options on how to handle the differences for the phylogeny (e.g., columns for
-#' phylum, class, family, etc.) and autecology (e.g., columns for FFG, habit,
-#' tolerance value, etc.).  The options are below.
-#'
-#' * only_official = use only official master taxa information.  Any
-#' non-matching taxa will not have any master taxa information.
-#'
-#' * only_user = only use the information provided by the user.  Information
-#' from the 'Official' will not be used.  This should only be used for
-#' non-official calculations.
-#'
-#' * add_new = hybrid approach that uses official master taxa information, when
-#' present, but includes user information for non-matching taxa if the column
-#' names match.
-#'
-#' Default master taxa lists are saved as CSV files online at:
-#'
-#' https://github.com/leppott/MBSStools_SupportFiles
-#'
-#' The files can be downloaded with the following code.
-#'
-#' **Benthic Macroinvertebrate**
-#'
-#' url_mt_bugs <- "https://github.com/leppott/MBSStools_SupportFiles/raw/master/Data/CHAR_Bugs.csv"
-#' df_mt_bugs <- read.csv(url_mt_bugs)
-#'
-#' The master taxa files are periodically updated.  Update dates will be logged
-#' on the GitHub repository.
-#'
-#' Expected fields include:
-#'
-#' **Benthic Macroinvertebrates**
-#'
-#'     + TAXON, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Other_Taxa, Tribe, FFG,
-#'       FAM_TV, Habit, FinalTolVal07, Comment
+#' This function exists only as a wrapper to avoid breaking older code.
 #'
 #' @param DF_User User taxa data.
 #' @param DF_Official Official master taxa list.  Can be a local file or
@@ -94,198 +48,11 @@ qc_taxa <- function(DF_User,
                     DF_Official = NULL,
                     fun.Community = NULL,
                     useOfficialTaxaInfo = "only_Official") {
-  ##FUNCTION ~ mastertaxa ~START
-  #
-  boo_DEBUG <- FALSE
-  if(boo_DEBUG==TRUE){##IF~boo_DEBUG~START
-    # # # Bugs
-    # DF_User<- taxa_bugs_genus
-    # DF_Official = NULL
-    # fun.Community = "bugs"
-    # useOfficialTaxaInfo = "only_Official"
-    # #
-  }##IF~boo_DEBUG~END
-
-  # Col Suffixes
-  sfx_Official <- "_Official"
-  sfx_NonOfficial <- "_NonOfficial"
-
-  # QC
-  ## inputs as data frames (just in case have a tibble)
-  DF_User <- data.frame(DF_User)
-  # DF_Official handled when checking URL
-  ## Community, convert community to lowercase
-  fun.Community <- tolower(fun.Community)
-
-  # Taxa list, official
-  # run the proper sub function
-  if (fun.Community == "bugs") {##IF.START
-    url_mt <- "https://github.com/leppott/MBSStools_SupportFiles/raw/master/Data/CHAR_Bugs.csv"
-    col_mt <- c("Taxon",
-                "Phylum",
-                "Class",
-                "Order",
-                "Family",
-                "Genus",
-                "Other_Taxa",
-                "Tribe",
-                "FFG",
-                "FAM_TV",
-                "Habit",
-                "FinalTolVal07",
-                "Comment")
-    col_taxon <- col_mt[1]
-  # } else if(fun.Community == "fish"){
-  #   url_mt <- "https://github.com/leppott/MBSStools_SupportFiles/raw/master/Data/CHAR_Fish.csv"
-  #   col_mt <- c("SPECIES", "TYPE", "PTOLR", "NATIVE", "TROPHIC", "SILT"
-  #               , "PIRHALLA","DATE.ADDED", "REASON", "SOURCE", "FAM", "GENUS"
-  #               , "SP_SCI", "IN_KEY", "APPROX_ID" )
-  #   col_taxon <- col_mt[1]
-    # future functionality
-  } else {
-    msg <- "Valid values for fun.Community is only 'bugs'."
-    stop(msg)
-  }##IF ~ fun.community ~ END
-
-  # Master Taxa
-  # Download "official" list if none provided
-  if(is.null(DF_Official)){
-    # 404 Error if file not found
-    df_mt <- utils::read.csv(url_mt)
-  } else {
-    df_mt <- data.frame(DF_Official)
-  }## IF ~ is.null(DF_Official) ~ END
-
-  # Names to upper case
-  names(DF_User) <- toupper(names(DF_User))
-  names(df_mt) <- toupper(names(df_mt))
-  # col_mt <- toupper(col_mt)
-  col_taxon <- toupper(col_taxon)
-
-  # QC check for col_taxon
-  if (!col_taxon %in% names(DF_User)) {
-    stop(paste0("DF_User missing column; ", col_taxon))
-  } ## IF, stop
-
-  # taxa names to ALL CAPS for bugs and fish
-  DF_User[, col_taxon] <- toupper(DF_User[, col_taxon])
-
-  # Check Numbers
-  taxa_user      <- sort(unique(DF_User[, col_taxon]))
-  taxa_user_n    <- length(taxa_user)
-  boo_taxa_match <- taxa_user %in% df_mt[, col_taxon]
-  sum_taxa_match <- sum(boo_taxa_match)
-  taxa_nonmatch  <- taxa_user[!boo_taxa_match]
-  # Output to Console
-  msg <- paste0("Taxa match, ", sum_taxa_match, " / ", taxa_user_n)
-  message(msg)
-  # Inform user of the non-matches
-  if(sum_taxa_match != taxa_user_n){
-    n_nonmatch <- taxa_user_n - sum_taxa_match
-    str_tax <- ifelse(n_nonmatch == 1, "taxon", "taxa")
-    msg_1 <- paste0("The following user ",
-                    str_tax,
-                    " (",
-                    n_nonmatch,
-                    "/",
-                    taxa_user_n,
-                    ") did not match the master list.\n")
-    msg_2 <- paste0(taxa_nonmatch, collapse = "\n")
-    message(paste0(msg_1, msg_2))
-  }##IF ~ non-matches ~ END
-
-
-
-  # Merge and Munge Columns
-  ## Columns
-  # col_mt_nonTaxon <- col_mt[!(col_mt %in% col_taxon)]
-  # col_mt_nonOfficial <- paste0(col_mt_nonTaxon, sfx_NonOfficial)
-  # boo_col_match <- colnames(DF_User) %in% col_mt_nonTaxon
-  # col_mod <- colnames(DF_User)[boo_col_match]
-  ## Rename matching columns before merge
-  #names(DF_User)[boo_col_match] <- paste0(names(DF_User)[boo_col_match]
-  # , "_NonOfficial")
-  # more control than using suffixes in merge()
   #
-  ## Merge
-  # df_merge <- merge(DF_User, df_mt
-  #                    , by = col_taxon
-  #                    , all.x = TRUE)
-  ## Munge Cols
-  if(useOfficialTaxaInfo == "only_Official"){
-    # Do Nothing
-    # leave in "_NonOfficial" columns
-    df_result <- merge(DF_User, df_mt,
-                       by = col_taxon,
-                       all.x = TRUE,
-                       suffixes = c(sfx_NonOfficial, ""))
-
-    #names(df_result) <- gsub(".x$", "", names(df_result))
-
-    # df_result <- dplyr::left_join(DF_User, df_mt
-    #                              , by = col_taxon
-    #                              , suffix = c(sfx_NonOfficial, ""))
-
-  } else if(useOfficialTaxaInfo == "only_user"){
-    # Reverse and keep _NonOfficial and remove official field
-    # # Remove Official Cols
-    # col_keep <- !(names(df_merge) %in% col_mod)
-    # df_result <- df_merge[, col_keep]
-    # # Revert "_NonOfficial"
-    # names(df_result) <- gsub("_NonOfficial$", "", names(df_result))
-
-    df_result <- merge(DF_User, df_mt,
-                       by = col_taxon,
-                       all.x = TRUE,
-                       suffixes = c("", sfx_Official))
-
-
-    # df_result <- dplyr::left_join(DF_User, df_mt
-    #                               , by = col_taxon
-    #                               , suffix = c("", sfx_Official))
-
-  } else if(useOfficialTaxaInfo == "add_new"){
-    # add user info for new taxa to official columns
-    # df_result <- df_merge
-    # df_merge[df_merge[, col_taxon] == taxa_nonmatch, col_mod] <-
-    #   df_merge[df_merge[, col_taxon] == taxa_nonmatch, paste0(col_mod
-    # , "_NonOfficial")]
-
-    df_result <- merge(DF_User, df_mt,
-                       by = col_taxon,
-                       all.x = TRUE,
-                       suffixes = c(sfx_NonOfficial, ""))
-
-    # df_result <- dplyr::left_join(DF_User, df_mt
-    #                               , by = col_taxon
-    #                               , suffix = c(sfx_NonOfficial, ""))
-
-    col_match_y <- names(df_result)[grepl(paste0(sfx_NonOfficial,"$")
-                                          , names(df_result))]
-    col_match_x <- gsub(paste0(sfx_NonOfficial,"$"), "", col_match_y)
-    df_result[df_result[, col_taxon] == taxa_nonmatch, col_match_x] <-
-      df_result[df_result[, col_taxon] == taxa_nonmatch, col_match_y]
-
-  } else {
-    # Stop if wrong values
-    msg <- "Valid values for useOfficialTaxaInfo are
-    'only_Official', 'only_user', or 'add_new'."
-    stop(msg)
-  }
-
-  # QC
-  ## Missing Columns
-
-  ## Valid values
-  # Bugs = "FFG", "FAM_TV", "Habit", "FinalTolVal07"
-  # Fish = TYPE, PTROLR, TROPHIC
-
-  # Other columns for metric calculation
-  # Bugs = EXCLUDE, STRATA_R
-  # Fish =
-
-
-  # Output
-  return(df_result)
+  .Deprecated("qc_taxa")
+  qc_taxa(DF_User,
+          DF_Official,
+          fun.Community,
+          useOfficialTaxaInfo)
   #
 }##FUNCTION ~ qc_taxa ~ END