Little Lagoon NW

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.

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Dennis Hatfield

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weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 764.4; tide: Incoming; 15 ltrs. Tiny cyanos present. 35000 foram; 70000 unknown dino.

19 May 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 767.2; tide: Incoming; 15 ltrs. Tiny cyanos present. 35000 ciliate; 35000 unknown diatom; 245000 unknown dinos;

05 May 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 763.1; tide: Incoming; 15 ltrs. Secchi on bottom. Leptocylindrus is/has been minimus. Tiny cyanos present. 35000 zooplankton; 35000 Tintinid; 35000 ciliate; 105000 unknown; 35000 unknown diatom; 105000 unknown dino (poss Gymnoid); 35000 Raphidophyte.

21 Apr 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 766.1; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. Lepto is minimus. Alexandrum is poss peridinium? 245000 unk dino (poss pronoct peridinium) 35000 unk (poss raphid) 35000 ciliate (poss meso rub).

07 Apr 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 764.6; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. 105000 unk dino 35000 unk (raphid?)

24 Mar 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 762.2; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. 1 slide. 210000 unk dino (poss hetero).

10 Mar 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 766.5; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. 35000 unk dino (poss gyro). On scan skeletonema and thallasiosira noted.

03 Mar 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 15-20; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 761.9; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. Cryptos and chloros pres. 35000 meso rub.

10 Feb 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 764.1; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. 35000 meso rub. Tabellaria lumped w navicula.

27 Jan 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 768.4; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. Cryptos and chloros pres.

13 Jan 10:50 by Dennis Hatfield