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.

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Dennis Hatfield

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15L. 35000 cilaite 35000 unk dino 35000 unk (poss raphid). Pcloudy 0-5 SE Incoming tide barometer 757.8.

29 Nov 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. 1 slide then scan. Secchi on bottom. On scan noted proro graciale proro spp proro compressum ciliate. Tiny cyanos R. 210000 unk dino (poss heterosigma) 105000 unk. Sunny 0-5 W incoming tide barometer 762.9.

15 Nov 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. 1 slide then scan. On scan noted proro spp ceratium furca unk zoo chaetoceros proro micans karlo. Incoming tide. Sunny 5-10 E. 766.3 barometer. Tiny cyanos P. 210000 unk (poss pronoctiluca).

01 Nov 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

"10 L. 1 slide then scan. On scan noted poss Katodinium. Tiny cyanos P. 157500 Tintinid. Incoming tide. Sunny

18 Oct 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. 1 slide then scan. On scan noted hetero spp guinardia cocinodiscus nauplii. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. Sunny E 0-5 outgoing tide. 761.2 barometer.

27 Sep 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

15L. 1 slide then scan. Tiny cyanos R. On scan noted protoperidinium poss dictyocha raphid karlo nitzschia. Rain 0-5 E 763.4 baromemter outgoing tide.

15 Sep 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 761.8; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Neap tides. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 70000 unk 35000 foram. Poss PN frag.

14 Jun 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 761.1; tide: High; 15L. Secchi on bot. 1 slide then scan. Tiny cyanos abundant. On scan noted scripsi katodinium bacillaria heterosigma. 210000 unk.

31 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 761.5; tide: High; 15L. Neap tides. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 105000 unk dino.

17 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 760.7; tide: Incoming; 15L. Neap tide. Most hetero spp is triqueta. 210000 unk dino 70000 unk diatom (fragil?) 35000 meso rub. Tiny cyanos rare.

03 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield