To cite package 'BENMMI' in publications use:

Walvoort D, van Loon W (2020). Benthic Multi-Metric Index. R package version 4.3-7, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BENMMI.

van Loon W, Walvoort D, van Hoey G, Herbon C, Blandon A, Pesch R, Schmidt P, Scholle J, Heyer K, Lavaleye M, Philips G, Duineveld G, Blomqvist M (2018). “A regional benthic fauna assessment method for the Southern North Sea using Margalef diversity and reference value modelling.” Ecological Indicators, 89, 667-679.

The first citation refers to the BENMMI-package, the second citation to the methodology implemented in the BENMMI-package.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {Benthic Multi-Metric Index},
    author = {Dennis Walvoort and Willem {van Loon}},
    year = {2020},
    note = {R package version 4.3-7},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BENMMI},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A regional benthic fauna assessment method for the
      Southern North Sea using Margalef diversity and reference value
      modelling},
    author = {Willem {van Loon} and Dennis Walvoort and Gert {van Hoey}
      and Christina Herbon and Abigayil Blandon and Roland Pesch and
      Petra Schmidt and Jorg Scholle and Karin Heyer and Marc Lavaleye
      and Graham Philips and Gerard Duineveld and Mats Blomqvist},
    journal = {Ecological Indicators},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {89},
    pages = {667-679},
  }