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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.