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): 0-5; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 762.25; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 25 ltr.; .05 ml sample. Also noted single cell cyano; 2 fish scales; small unknown grazer; tiny cyano chains present.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 761.75; tide: Incoming; Secchion bottom. 25 ltr.; .05 ml sample. Tiny cyano chains and crypto and chlorophytes present. Also noted 1 fungal spore.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 762.51; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 30 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted 1 fungal spore; 2 starfish; 1 chlorococcus; 1 merismopedia; 7 chlorophytes; stopped counting at 5900 cell count on cyano filaments; 1 radiolarian.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 762; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 30 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted 2 raphidophyte; 1 foram; 1 fungal spore; 3 poss unknown dino's (1 ciliate?); crypto/chlorophytes present.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 759.46; tide: Incoming; 10 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted poss egg; zoo fecal pellet; 1 unknown dino; 1 raphidophyte; very small cyano chains and probable crypto and chlorophytes present.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 763.78; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 20 ltr.;.05ml sample. Also noted 2 probable egg; unknown dino; 2 pine pollen; 4 merismopedia; 3 unknown zoo; 11 chlorophytes; approx. 40 clustered unknowns; 1 mesodinium rubrum.
weather: Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 763.52; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 20 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted 2 pine pollen; 1 unknown zoo; 1 tintinid; poss. crypto and chlorophytes present.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 766.57; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 10 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted 1 pine pollen; 3 nauplii; 1 (300/ltr.) surirella.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 766.83; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Probable bad DO reading. 10 ltr.; .05ml sample. 1 unknown dino; 1 unknown diatom.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 764.03; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 10 LTR.; .05ml sample. Also noted 1 medusae; possible crypto/chlorophytes and rapidophytes present.