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: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 765.56; tide: Outgoing; PASS CLOSED TO INCOMING TIDES. Also noted a few very small possible chlorophytes.
weather: Rain; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 762; tide: Outgoing; PASS CLOSED. Also noted 2 cyano colonies; 6 Anabaena; 4 Euglenoids; 1 comb jelly; 8 Tintinnids;3 Cryptophytes;3 Borzia Spp. cyano's; 5 cilliates; 1 Merismopedia; 2 unknown zooplankton; 1 Nauplii; 1 pine pollen
weather: Rain; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 765.3; tide: Outgoing; PASS CLOSED. Also noted 4eggs; 1cilliate;2zoo; 2cyano filament; 1 cyano colony
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 764.29; tide: Outgoing; PASS CLOSED. Also noted high numbers of tiny (40x)probable cyano chains(est. thousands); probable cryptophytes;chlorophytes;and eggs (blue crab?). Also pine pollen and 2 nauplii.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 757.94; tide: Incoming; 6 row then scan. Also noted 1Nauplii;1Radiolarian.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 766.32; tide: Outgoing; Counted 2 rows then scan. 12chaetoceros+4single+8chain. 1PN noted on scan. Also noted 4egg; 1zoo; 3pine pollen
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 757.94; tide: High; Big Ears counted one row then scan. 368chaetoceros=72single+296chain. Dinophysis;Bacillaria;Cocinodiscus;Fragillaria;Guinardia;Melosira;Odontella;Pleurosigma counted on scan. Also noted 4zoo(tintinid and nauplii);1egg;2pine pollen; 1foram;1unk
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 770.38; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Counted 1 row then scan. Ceratium;oxyphysis;cocinodiscus noted on scan. Also noted 1 egg;2pine pollen.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South East; baro (mmHg): 764.54; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Counted 1 row then scan. Ceratium; cocinodiscus noted on scan. 2cyano colonies;5pine pollen; 2 egg;4cyanofilament also noted. 408chaetoceros=392single+16chain.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 763.52; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom;counted 1 row then scan. 2114chaetoceros=1696single+448chain. Akashiwo and paralia noted on scan. Pine pollen and unknown zooplankton also noted on scan.