PhD professors Paul G. Kinas, Juliano Marangoni and Raquel da Fontoura Nicolette are part of the Environmental Statistics Laboratory (LEA) of the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics - FURG.
In LEA, in-depth research on statistical analysis and modeling of environmental phenomena is conducted. In these researches, it is sought to obtain improvements in the methodologies of analysis aiming to adapt general statistical models to the particularities of the studied phenomena.
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To this end, both conventional frequentist methods and the Bayesian approach are used, solving problems in quantitative ecology, time series, conservation biology and fisheries biology. The LEA is also responsible for collecting and systematizing data on the artisanal fisheries production in the Patos Lagoon estuary and on the industrial ocean fishing unloaded at the fishing terminals of Rio Grande, producing periodical Statistical Bulletins on the fishing activity in the region. The LEA provides statistical advice to a wide variety of research projects, dissertations and thesis, including those in the PPGOB.