Little Lagoon
Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States
Site 2 pier is the Hatfield waterfront on Little Lagoon. We are NE of Lagoon pass and this Site tends to be saltier than Site 1, with occasionally high but overall lower bacteria counts than Site 1, with occasionally very high freshwater/groundwater/nutrient inputs, and with very dense Spring and Fall Diatom blooms.
Location created by
Dennis Hatfield
- Group: Alabama : Little Lagoon Preservation Society
- Lat: 30.25325
- Lng: -87.72462
- Waterbody Type: Lagoon
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
weather: Rain; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 762.51; tide: Outgoing; Counted 4 rows then scan. Gonyaulax and Flagilariopsis counted on scan.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 762.76; tide: Outgoing
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 756.67; tide: Outgoing; 1 row counted then scan; ceratium and odontella noted on scan.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 761.75; tide: Outgoing; 3 zooplankton noted
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 763.52; tide: Outgoing; 6 rows then scan. Scripsella noted on scan. Uncertain id on 21 Procentrum spp. count per Lucie. 1 ciliate and 1 chlorophyte. 5 piplopsales noted? Cyano colonies are chains.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 766.83; tide: High; Counted 1 row then scan. Skeletonema and Triceratium noted on scan. 184 chaetoceros= 144 chain + 40 single. 6 unknown dino.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 763.3; tide: High; Secchi on bottom. 26 chaetoceros=1 single+25 chain.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 765.8; tide: Incoming; 16 Chaetoceros= 12 chain+ 4 single. Bacillaria count includes 1 Striatella.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 20-25; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 767.08; tide: Slack; Counted 2 rows then scan. 280 chaetoceros= 248 chain + 32 single. Cyanobacteria filament note on scan.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 765.81; tide: Slack; Counted 1 row then scan. Asterionellopsis bacillaria cocinodiscus eucampia guardinia noted on scan. 40 chaetoceros = 40 single chaetoceros