NEWS

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algaeClassify 2.0.4

algaeClassify 2.0.3 (2024-10-11)

Major changes

• Version 2.0.x includes tools for querying the algaebase taxonomic database with a valid API key.
• Version 1.4.x includes alternative tools for standardizing taxonomic names and extracting higher taxonomy using the Geographic Names Resolution Service and the ITIS taxonomic database.

Minor changes

-Version 2.0.1 has been approved as an official U.S. Geological Survey software release. -Version 2.0.2 includes improved error handling for itis search functions, and will return a warning and data.frame containing NAs if the ITIS website is temporarily down. -Version 2.0.3 queries the Global Names Resolver via its API, rather than calling functions from the taxize package.