List of Figures

• Location of Sarasota Bay, Florida
• Sarasota Bay, Florida
• Central questions in study
• Main objectives of this study.
• Example of a trafficshed
• Sarasota Bay study region
• Waterway network in Sarasota Bay
• Trafficsheds in Sarasota Bay
• Boating facilities in Sarasota Bay
• Sources of bathymetric information
• Bathymetry
• Areas of speed restriction
• Scales in hierarchy of decisions in boating activities
• Distribution of yearly total trips
• Daily embarkation frequencies for selected classes
• Trip durations against yearly total trips
• Prinicipal components of trip data
• Trip length compared to cruising speed
• Trafficshed channel networks
• Trafficshed class distribution
• Trafficsheds selected for detailed analysis in simulations
• Destinations listed in simulation summaries
• Simulation summary for Boat Name Lanes
• Simulation summary for Bird Key
• Oblique view of Bird Key and surrounding bathymetry
• Boat paths of simulated traffic around Bird Key
• Simulation summary for Whitaker Bayou
• Simulation summary for Mt. Vernon/Coral Shores
• Regional simulation summary: winter weekend
• Regional simulation summary: winter weekday
• Regional simulation summary: summer weekend
• Regional simulation summary: summer weekday
• Scree plot from PCA of boater destinations for winter boaters
• PCA, winter trips, based on covariance matrix
• Clusters of boats from Components 0 and 1 from PCA- covariance
• PCA, winter trips, based on correlation matrix
• PCA, summer trips, based on correlation matrix
• PCA, summer trips, based on covariance matrix
• Multidimensional scaling of sites based on summer destinations
• Multidimensional scaling of sites based on winter destinations