Bayesian spatial modeling of Lavaca Bay pollutants

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1781-1787

  Bissett, Wesley ^a   Garry Adams, L ^a   Field, Robert ^a   Moyer, William ^a   Phillips, Tim ^a   Morgan Scott, H ^a   Wade, Terry ^b   Sweet, Steve ^b   Thompson, James A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian geo statistical analysis; Lavaca Bay; Locational risks; Mercury; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Superfund; Texas

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CONVOLUTION; MAPS; MERCURY (METAL); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLLUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYSIS RESULTS; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN GEO-STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL-; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONTINUOUS SURFACE; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; LAVACA BAY; LOCATIONAL RISKS; MERCURY; MODEL FIT; PARAMETER VALUES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RANDOM-EFFECTS MODELS; SPATIAL EFFECTS; SPATIAL MODELLING; SUPERFUND; TEXAS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OYSTER CULTURE; PAH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERFUND;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SEA FOOD; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSTREIDAE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TEXAS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

LAVACA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 52949107939     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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