Little Lagoon SE

Little Lagoon

Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States

This is our lab location thanks to George and Jean Dunn. Site 1 is the confluence of a natural drainage bayou linking Little Lagoon to Lake Shelby in the Gulf State Park. While our overall conclusion is Little Lagoon water quality is not seriously impaired we see some of the highest freshwater/groundwater inputs, highest nutrient levels, consistently highest bacteria counts and at times very high phytoplankton counts in this part of the lagoon. There are many canals cut into lagoon properties in this area and many aging septic systems in this part of the lagoon watershed.

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Dennis Hatfield

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15L. Secchi on bottom. Cryptos and chloros P. 35000 foram 35000 unk dino 175000 unk (poss raphid). Lepto is minimus. Pcloudy 5-10 NE barometer 772.3 incoming tide. Heavy rain early morning.

08 Feb 09:09 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Secchi on bottom. 10's of dead fish, 6-8" mullet, cold related kill approx. 5 days ago. 1 slide then scan. Intense skeletonema bloom. On scan noted peridinium tintinid unk ciliate cyano colony PN chain. Cryptos and chloros P. 210000 unk (one poss gymno). Mostly cloudy 5-10 east low tide barometer 763.7.

09 Jan 09:06 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Pass nearly closed, currently dredging. 35000 ciliate 175000 unk. Cryptos and chloros P. Sunny 0-5 SE outgoing tide barometer 764.3.

20 Dec 21:01 by Dennis Hatfield

15L Secchi on bottom. Cryptos and chloros R to P. Tintinid 35000 anabeana 35000 zoo moina 35000. MCloudy 5-10 NW barometer 766.0 incoming tide.

01 Dec 03:04 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Secchi on bottom. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros P. 70000 rotifer 70000 unk. One skeletonema is auxispore katodinium is amphididium. Sunny 0-5 N incoming tide barometer 766.1.

16 Nov 03:15 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Tiny cyanos R cryptos and chloros P 105000 ciliate 70000 unk (one euglenoid? one chatonella?) lepto is minimus one navilcula is tabellaria. Cloudy 0-5 N barometer 765.7 outgoing tide.

09 Nov 02:53 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Tiny cyanos R Cryptos and chloros R to P. Sunny 5-10 N incoming tide barometer 766.19.

19 Oct 03:58 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Incoming Neap tide. Lots of organics. Cryptos and chloros A tiny cyanos P. 70000 unk (raphid?). Sunny 5-10 East Barometer 764.7.

05 Oct 04:09 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. Neap tide. Calibrated DO and salinity. Tiny cyanos R cryptos and chloros P. 35000 unk (lepto?) 35000 unk dino. Sunny 0-5 N 761.8 barometer.

21 Sep 09:01 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. DO calibrated AM. Tiny cyanos R cryptos and chloros P. 35000 ciliate(MR) 35000 unk (raphid?) 35000 foram. Sunny 0-5 NE barometer 763.6.

07 Sep 09:13 by Dennis Hatfield