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
PASS Open. WT;Salinity;DO taken during bacteria sample.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 765.3; tide: Outgoing; PASS OPEN. Also noted possible cryptophytes and/or chlorophytes present; 2 Nauplii; 3 unknown zoo's; 4 possible eggs.
weather: Sunny; PASS CLOSED. WT; Salinity; DO collected during bacteria sample.
weather: Rain; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 760.98; tide: Outgoing; PASS CLOSED. Also noted 14 tintinid; 3 unknown zooplankton; 5 chlorococcus; 2 nauplii.
PASS CLOSED. WT; Salinity; DO taken as part of bacteria sample.
weather: Rain; tide: Outgoing; PASS OPEN. Weather data not availalbe for sample time of this site. Also noted 1 possible Chorrococcus; 10 Tintinid; 1 Nauplii; 1 possible freshwater sessile ciliate Vorticella.
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.