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: Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 763.52; tide: Outgoing; 10L. Tiny cyanos cryptos chloros pres. 52500 unk dino 105000 unk diatom.

17 Jul 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 763.27; tide: High; 15L. .24 fov. Tiny cyanos and flagellates pres. 35000 unk dino. Proro spp is compressum.

03 Jul 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: West; tide: High; 15L. Secchi on bot. .24 fov. Tiny cyanos cryptos chloros pres.

05 Jun 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 763.27; tide: High; 15L. .24 fov. Tiny cyanos cryptos chloros pres. 35000 unk.

21 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South; tide: Incoming; 10 ltr. 1 slide. .24fov. 157500 pine pollen.

08 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 765.05; tide: Incoming; 15L. Secchi on bot. .24fov. Tiny cyanos cryptos chloros pres. 35000 foram 35000 spirulina.

24 Apr 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 765.05; tide: Incoming; 15l. Secchi on bot. .24fov. Cryptos and chloros pres.

10 Apr 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 764; tide: Incoming; Secchion bottom. .24FOV; 15ltrs. Also noted 1 MR; 4 flagellates; crypto's and chloro's present. Filamentous algae present.

29 Mar 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 770; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. .24FOV; 15ltrs. Chlorophytes present.

15 Mar 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 768; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. .24FOV; 15ltrs. Also noted 2 ciliate (MR); 10 poss unkn dino's; 1 unkn diatom; 1 cyano colony

02 Mar 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield