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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weather: Most Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 771.7; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. Thalassionema is lioloma. Cryptos and chloros pres. Tiny cyanos rare. 105000 meso rub. 35000 unk dino 70000 unk diatom.

02 Jan 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 770.2; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. 35000 meso rub.

17 Dec 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 758.2; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 140000 meso rub 35000 raphid.

03 Dec 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 766.8; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Secchi on bot. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres.

12 Nov 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 768.5; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Secchi on bot. Cryptos and chloros pres. 35000 Radiolarian.

29 Oct 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 763.5; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Secchi on bot. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 70000 unk dino 35000 unk cluster.

15 Oct 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 763.2; tide: Outgoing; No phyto sample....net prob.

03 Oct 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 762.9; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 175000 tintinid 105000 meso rub 35000 zoo.

17 Sep 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 761.7; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 35000 meso rub.

03 Sep 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Rain; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 765.1; tide: Outgoing; 15L. Tiny cyanos cryptos and chloros pres. 35000 unk dino.

20 Aug 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield