Modelling spatial patterns of distribution and abundance of mussel seed using Structured Additive Regression models

As mussel farming depends on sources of natural mussel seed, knowledge of factors is required to regulate both the spatial distribution and abundance of this resource. These spatial patterns were modelled using Bayesian STructured Additive Regression (STAR) models for categorical data, based on a mi...

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Authors: Pazos Pata, María, Rodríguez-Álvarez, María Xosé|||0000-0002-1329-9238, Lustres-Pérez, Vicente, Fernández-Pulpeiro, Eugenio, Cadarso-Suárez, Carmen
Format: article
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:97708
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/97708
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Mussel seed
Bayesian structured additive regression (STAR) models
Spatial effects
Bayesian P-splines
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Summary:As mussel farming depends on sources of natural mussel seed, knowledge of factors is required to regulate both the spatial distribution and abundance of this resource. These spatial patterns were modelled using Bayesian STructured Additive Regression (STAR) models for categorical data, based on a mixed-model representation. We used Bayesian penalized splines for modelling the continuous covariate effects and a Markov random field prior for estimating the spatial effects.