EPSRC CASE PhD studentship in STATISTICS: University of Kent.
Statistical analysis and modelling of benthic data
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Benthic organisms live on the seabed, and are largely
sedentary. As a result, they are studied in order to monitor
the effects of man-induced seabed disturbances, such as fishing
and dredging. The quantitative investigation of benthic
organisms is currently of great importance, with relevance for
conservation and biodiversity.
The research will involve the development and fitting of
suitable probability models for the spatial distribution of
individual species, and exploring links with acoustic (sonar)
and appropriate covariate data. The collaborating body for this
CASE award is the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Science (Cefas), located in Lowestoft in Suffolk.
The project will be jontly supervised by Jon Barry of Cefas, and
Byron Morgan and Martin Ridout at Kent.
The student should have a good first degree, and/or an MSc, in
statistics, or mathematics in which statistics forms a prominent
part, and will become a member of the EPSRC National Centre for
Statistical Ecology,
Closing date: 16th May, 2008. Application forms can be obtained
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