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
- Group: Alabama : Little Lagoon Preservation Society
- Lat: 30.235
- Lng: -87.80948
- Waterbody Type: Lagoon
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 766.7; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. Tiny cyanos cryptos chloros pres. Amphi lumped w kato.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 767.7; tide: Incoming; 15L. 1 slide then scan. Secchi on bottom. Noted on scan Proro spp Thalassionema Scipsi Gymno spp Oxyphisus Amphidinium. Cryptos and chloros pres. 105000 poss raphid.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 771.5; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bottom. 2 slides then scan. Scan Proro compressum KB Ceratium furca Gonya spinifera. 70000 unk dino (poss Kato). Amphi lumped w Kato; Several Thallasios are lioloma. Tabellaria lumped w Navicula. 70000 Tint. Cryptos and Chloros pres.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 766.8; tide: Incoming; 15L; 1 slide counted then scan; 105;000 unk dino.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 757; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom; 15l; 105;000 unk dino; 35000 raphid; Eucampia is cornuta.
weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 765.2; tide: Incoming; 15L; Secchi on bottom; 2 slides; Eucampiia are cornuta and zoodacius. Unk dino 105;000
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 769.6; tide: Incoming; 15L; Karlo on scan; Hetero is rutunda; Tabellaria lumped w/Navicula; 245;000 unk (one poss chaetoceros; one poss raphid)
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 764.6; tide: Low; 15L. 2 slides then scan. On scan noted Dictyocha. Amphi lumped with Kato. 1 of 9 Thallasionema are Lioloma. 210000 unk dino (one poss raphid).
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 760.7; tide: Low; 15L. Noted on scan Akaishiwo; Proro Min; Gonylaux spinifera; Lioloma; Proro compress. Also noted 105;000/ltr unk; 210000 unk dino (one was poss Alexandrum)
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; tide: Incoming; BNWR closed on 1st. No physicals for sites 4 and 5 Chan sample phyto only afternoon of 2nd. 15L; tiny cyanos; also noted 35;000 Radiolarian; 35;000 unk (poss raphid); 70;000 unk diatom; 35;000 unknown dino; 35;000 peridinium.