Little Lagoon SW

Little Lagoon

Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States

Site 4 is at a pier owned by Greg Luce and near the residence in the Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge home of LLPS Board Member Chan West. There is almost no development pressure in this end of the lagoon. Water quality overall is quite good here likely due to almost no development in the BNWR. Spring and Fall Diatom blooms here can be quite heavy and the toxic Dinoflagellate Karlodinium seems to like this end of Little Lagoon.

Location created by
Dennis Hatfield

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15L, Degraded filamentous algae – P, Unk dino 70,000, Unk opaque 35,000, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - N, Mostly cloudy, 5-10 SE, Bar. 763.0, Incoming tide

18 Apr 10:44 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, C&C - P, Tintinid (grazing) 35,000, Tiny cyanos - N, Sunny, 5-10 E, Bar. 764.5, Incoming tide

06 Apr 10:15 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Degraded filamentous algae – P, Unk 70,000 raphidophytes or ciliates?, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - N, Sunny, 0-5 S, Bar. 763.8, Incoming tide

21 Mar 10:40 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Degraded filamentous algae – P, Unk dino 35,000, Unk opaque 35,000, C&C - P, Ciliate 35,000, Tiny cyanos - N, Partly cloudy, 5-10 N, Bar. 765.8, Outgoing tide

10 Mar 10:22 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Degraded filamentous algae – P, Unk 70,000 Raphid?, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - P

22 Feb 10:40 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - N,. Mostly cloudy, 5-10 S, Bar. 763.3, Outgoing tide

10 Feb 09:54 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Degraded filamentous algae - P, Unk opaque 35,000, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - N, Mostly cloudy, 5-10 S, Bar. 763.9, Low tide

25 Jan 10:42 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Unk opaque 70,000, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - P, Partly cloudy, 0-5 W, Bar. 764.7, Outgoing tide

13 Jan 10:25 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Degraded Filamentous Algae - P, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - P, Sunny, 5-10 W, Bar. 761.3, Outgoing tide

28 Dec 10:33 by Lloyd Moore

15L, Secchi on bottom, Degraded filamentous algae - P, Unk opaque 35,000, C&C - P, Tiny cyanos - N, Mostly cloudy, 0-5 N, Bar. 764.0, Pass essentially closed, Outgoing tide

16 Dec 10:15 by Lloyd Moore