The Patch Reef Park Tennis Center hosts several special events throughout the year including round robin mixers, USTA tournaments, wheelchair tournaments, wheelchair tennis clinics, and more!

Other event by Boca Raton Recreation and City of Boca Raton, FL Government on Friday, February 28 2020 with 1.9K people interested and 160 people going. 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.

I Love Tennis Mixed Doubles Round Robin

Sunday, February 16, 2020

9:00-11:00am

Cost: Members: $12, Non-members: $20

Includes: Continental Breakfast, beverages and prizes.

Spend your Sunday with us in our Mixed Doubles Round Robin. You'll enjoy great tennis, food and fun. Sign up with a partner or let us help you find one. Great way to meet new friends and get a little exercise.

Visit our calendar to see what other events are coming up.

Scholar Commons > Graduate School > Theses and Dissertations > 3761

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.
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3761

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