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
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 775; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15 ltrs filtered; computer view. Also noted 1 ciliate; 2 unkn dino's.
weather: Rain; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 764; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15ltrs filtered; computer view. Also noted 4 unkn dino's (karenia?)
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 764; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 25 ltrs. filtered; computer view. Also noted 1 tintinid; 2 foram; 1 unk dino; 1 unknown.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 766; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom; 25 ltrs. filtered; computer view. Also noted 2 unknown dino's; 1 cilliate. Salinity; DO; and Ph values taken 11-9-11 @ 1300 hrs.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 768; tide: Incoming; Secchion bottom. Filtered 25 ltrs.; computer view. Also noted poss. nauplii; small unk. diatom.
weather: Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 758; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 25 ltrs. filtered; computer view. Also noted unk zoo; poss. crypto/chlorophytes.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 762; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Computer view. Also noted 1 spirulina; unknown dino; poss. raphidophyte.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 764; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15 ltr. filtered.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 760; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted tiny cyano chains; crypto/chlorophytes present. 4 of 7 cyano colonies are probable merismopedia.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 761; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Also noted one unknown diatom.