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Patch Reef Park. Situated in central Boca Raton along Yamato Road between Military Trail and St. Andrews Boulevard, Patch Reef Park offers endless fitness and cultural activities for the entire family. The park consists of 55 acres of recreation facilities including a community center, softball and baseball fields, soccer/football fields, basketball courts, fitness trail, children’s. Miri is a popular dive destination due to an abundance of pristine patch reefs. The Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park, lying at depths ranging from 7 to 30 metres has an average visibility of 10 to 30 metres. Patch Reef Park Renovations. Meeting Dates and Events; Agendas. 2015-2016 Agendas; 2014-2015 Agendas; 2013-2014 Agendas; 2012-2013 Agendas. Patch Reef Park is a beautiful park located in central Boca Raton. Patch Reef has a comprehensive tennis center, community center, softball. Aug 17, 2016 Meetings Meeting Reminder Debby Schindall. .Walking paths & outdoor basketball courts at Sugar Sand Park are open for public use. Please practice social distancing (face coverings encouraged). Please be advised that the Community Center, Carousel, Restrooms, Playground, Field House, & Athletics Fields are currently closed. Mission Statement The Willow Theatre is a professional performance venue with state of the art service for a. Eye on the Reef app: This free app shows zoning and can be downloaded and used outside of mobile range. Download it through Google Play or the App Store and spread the word to friends and family. Infographic social post: Shows recreational illegal fishing hotspots and outlines how the community can protect their special patch of the Great.
Graduation Year
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.S.
Degree Granting Department
Marine Science
Major Professor
Pamela Hallock Muller, Ph. D.
Co-Major Professor
John Brock, Ph. D.
Committee Member
Deby Cassill, Ph. D.
Committee Member
David Mann, Ph. D.
Keywords
patch reef, Biscayne National Park, rugosity, digital camera, Florida Keys
Abstract
The Along-Track Reef-Imaging System (ATRIS) is a vessel-mounted, digital camera, depth sounder and Global Positioning System (GPS) package that facilitates the rapid capture of underwater images in shallow-water benthic environments. This technology has the potential to collect ecologically significant data, particularly in benthic habitats less than 10 m in depth, with better location referencing and in less time than is required for surveys carried out by Scuba divers. In October 2004, ATRIS was tested coincidently with SCUBA-assisted video along transects on five patch reefs in Biscayne National Park. Images from both data sets were subsampled, viewed, and benthic cover under random points were identified and counted. Digital-still images of reef benthos collected by ATRIS were of higher quality than SCUBA-acquired video imagery, allowing more reliable classification of benthos. “Substrate”, which included areas of hard-ground, sand or rubble, was the most frequently identified benthic category (43%), followed by octocoral (21%), unidentifiable (19%), and macroalgae (12%). Total stony coral cover averaged less than 5%. ATRIS-acquired benthic-cover data were compared with rugosity data derived from the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), revealing no strong correlations, probably because much of the hard substrate patch reef topography was created by corals that have died in the past few decades. ATRIS, diver-acquired data, and EAARL provide different scales of information, all of which can be valuable tools for assessing and managing coral reefs.
Scholar Commons Citation
Caesar, Nicole O., 'An Evaluation of the Along Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS) for Efficient Reef Monitoring and Rapid Groundtruthing of EAARL Lidar' (2006). Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
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