Little Lagoon
Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States
Site 3 sampling happens at the end of one of the longest piers in Little Lagoon. This site consistently has some of the best water quality in Little Lagoon, highest secchi readings, highest salinities, lowest bacteria and nutrient levels, and some of the best fishing in Little Lagoon. It also has some of the highest Spring and Fall Diatom bloom counts in Little Lagoon and has been the subject of extensive research concerning the toxic Diatom Psuedo-nitzschia. Hydrodynamics in the Lagoon are such that incoming tides typically turn to the west after coming into LL via Lagoon pass and this site receives some of the best tidal flushing in LL.
Location created by
Dennis Hatfield
- Group: Alabama : Little Lagoon Preservation Society
- Lat: 30.24613
- Lng: -87.76794
- Waterbody Type: Lagoon
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
15L. Secchi on bottom, 35000, raphid, Tiny cyanos N, c&c P, 70000 unk dino. Sunny, 10-15 N, barometer 769.4, outgoing tide.
15L. 70000 poss ciliate or oyster, tiny cyanos P, c&c P, 35000 unk 70000 unk dino (peridinium?). Mcloudy, 5-10 E, barometer 762.2, incoming tide.
15L. Secchi on bot. Tintinid 35000, tiny cyanos P, c&c P, unk 70000 (raphids?). Sunny 0-5 N, barometer 760.6, High tide.
15l. 1 slide then scan, on scan noted cyano col, karlo, proro micans, proro spp. 315000 raphid (chat?), 105000 unk. Pcloudy 10-15 NE. Barometer 763.9, incoming tide.
15L. 1 slide then scan, on scan noted rhizo, nauplii, thalassiosira, hemiaulus. 525,000 chatonellla, tiny cyanos P, c&c P. Pcloudy, 0-5 N, barometer 760.2, incoming tide.
15L. Chatonella 70000, Tintinid 35000, Unk 105000 (2 poss chatonella?, 1 egg cluster?), Tiny cyanos P, C&C- P. Pcloudy 5-10 E, barometer 763.1, incoming tide.
15L. Tiny cyanos P cryptos and chloros P. Tintinid 35000. Incoming tide.
15L. 1 slide then scan. On scan noted tintinnid zoo nauplii ciliate pyrophachus. Tiny cyanos P C&C P unk 105000.
15L. Secchi on bottom pass closed. Neap tide. Tiny cyanos and C&C P 455000 raphid 35000 unk. Pcloudy 10-15 S outgoing tide barometer 760.1.
15L. Secchi on bottom. Tiny cyanos P C&C P. 105000 (raphid, oyster?) 35000 unk. Sunny 0-5 S outgoing tide barometer 763.3.