#' Calculate predicted environmental concentrations in sediment from surface #' water concentrations #' #' The method 'percentage' is equivalent to what is used in the CRD spreadsheet #' PEC calculator #' #' @param PEC_sw Numeric vector or matrix of surface water concentrations in µg/L for #' which the corresponding sediment concentration is to be estimated #' @param percentage The percentage in sediment, used for the percentage method #' @param method The method used for the calculation #' @param sediment_depth Depth of the sediment layer #' @param water_depth Depth of the water body in cm #' @param sediment_density The density of the sediment in L/kg (equivalent to #' g/cm3) #' @param PEC_sed_units The units of the estimated sediment PEC value #' @return The predicted concentration in sediment #' @export #' @author Johannes Ranke #' @examples #' PEC_sw_sed(PEC_sw_drift(100, distances = 1), percentage = 50) PEC_sw_sed <- function(PEC_sw, percentage = 100, method = "percentage", sediment_depth = 5, water_depth = 30, sediment_density = 1.3, PEC_sed_units = c("\u00B5g/kg", "mg/kg")) { method = match.arg(method) PEC_sed_units = match.arg(PEC_sed_units) if (method == "percentage") { PEC_sed = PEC_sw * (percentage/100) * (water_depth / sediment_depth) * (1 / sediment_density) if (PEC_sed_units == "mg/kg") PEC_sed <- PEC_sed / 1000 } return(PEC_sed) }