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): 10-15; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 766.57; tide: Outgoing; 5 Radiolarian Acanthrometra and 2 Entomoneis also counted.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 763.3; tide: High; Counted 2 squares then scan...no additional species noted on scan. 1088 chaetoceros=32 single+1056 chain.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 765.8; tide: Incoming; Counted 4 rows then scan. 168 chaetoceros=26 single+142 chain. Ceratium Fusus; dinophysis; actinoptychus counted on scan.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 15-20; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 767.33; tide: Slack; Counted 4 rows then scan. 66 chaetoceros=60 chain + 5 single.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 765.81; tide: Slack; Counted 3 rows then scan. 3 radiolarian also counted. Asterionellopsis; bacillaria; guardiania; pleurosigma; cyanobacteria merismopedia; unknown dinoflagellate; noted on scan. 67 chaetoceros = 59 single; 5 chain;3 chaetoceros glamorous sp.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 766.57; tide: Slack; Secchi on bottom. 1 cell counted then scan. Akashiwo;Alexandrum;asterionellopsis;bacillaria;cocinodiscus;thalassionema;oxypysis counted on scan. 12816 chaetoceros=12800 single+16 chain.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 775.21; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 4 squares counted then scan. 3664 chaetoceros=3440 single+224 chain. Asterionellopsis; coscinodiscus;paralia;navicula;nitzschia;pleurosigma;skelotenema counted on scan
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 767.08; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. No Break out of single vs chain chaetoceros. Counted one row then scan. Strialella noted (8) base.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 768.6; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 1 row counted all counts multiplied by 8
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 766.56; tide: Low; Secchi on bottom; Justin to enter Ph; problem with meter; unknown-hairy entered as Chaetoceros spp.