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. Cryptos and chloros R to P tiny cyanos R. 35000 radiolarian 35000 unk 35000 (exploded radiolarian?). Mcloudy 5-10 NW barometer 765.6 incoming tide.
15L. Secchi on bottom. Cryptos and chloros R to P. 70000 ciliates. One tabellaria lumped with navicula. Sunny 0-5 NW incoming barometer 766.1.
15L. Secchi on bottom. Cryptos and Chloros R. 70000 unk (1 raphid and 1 cyano col?). Cloudy 10-15 N barometer 765.3 outgoing tide.
15L. Secchi on bottom. Tiny cyanos R cryptos and chloros R to P. 70000 tintinid. Sunny 5-10 N incoming tide barometer 767.0.
15L. Incoming neap tide. Cryptos and chloros P tiny cyanos R. Tintinid 35000 ciliate 35000 unk 140000 unk (raphid?). Sunny 10-15 E barometer 764.8.
15L. Incoming neap tide. Tiny cyanos R. 35000 unk (dino?). Sunny 0-5 NW 762.1 barometer.
15L. 1 slide then scan. Cryptos and chloros P. 315000 ciliate 105000 oyster larvae. On scan noted diplop proro spp proro mex dinophysis spp cocinodiscus gonya spin. Sunny 0-5 NE barometer 764.6 incoming tide neap.
15L. Tiny cyanos P to A cryptos and chloros P. Pcloudy 0-5 E 759.2 barometer incoming tide.
15L. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros P. 35000 unk zoo 105000 unk (1 poss raphid 1 poss foram 1 poss diatom). Sunny 0-5 S 765.2 barometer incoming tide.
15L. 1 slide then scan. Tiny cyanos P. cryptos and chloros P to A. 105000 unk poss raphid. On scan noted gymno spp karenia spp cyano colony cocinodiscus. Pcloudy 0-5 NW barometer 762.9 incoming tide.