Adding a new GroupType

If you want to add a new groupType such as for sea ice algae you will need to do the following:

1. Add a new value to the ‘GROUP_TYPES’ enum in atlantisUtil/atFunctGroup.h

2. Add the new group to atlantisUtil/atGroupTypes.h file to the GroupTypesStruct groupTypes[] definition using the new value defined in the ‘GROUP_TYPES’ enum.

3. You will need to update the input file parsing code to read in parameters for this new groupType.

4. Make sure you update the code in the Util_Read_Functional_Group_XML function that sets the additional flags for each group.

5. Update the Set_Group_Habitats function to set the habitat preference for the new groupType.

6. Tell the assessment which biased sample value to use for this group type in Setup_Biased_Sample_Values().

7. Add new a new process function to the file atGroupProcess.c in atecology then update the Call_Group_Process_Function() function to set which function to use for the new groupType. The code won’t compile until you have the new groupType added to the switch statement.

8. Update the AtlantisSPECIESPARAMTYPES values. These are used to work out which species parameters are required for which functional groups.