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 studentship is open to British and other EU students. Tuition fees 
would be paid for both groups. In addition, for British students the 
annual stipend is currently 16,600 pounds a year, but other EU students 
would only receive 3,000 pounds a year.

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: 27th June, 2008. Application forms can be obtained from 
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