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: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 757.94; tide: Incoming; 6 row then scan. Also noted 1Nauplii;1Radiolarian.

25 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

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

11 May 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

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

27 Apr 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

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.

13 Apr 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

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.

30 Mar 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

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.

16 Mar 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 15-20; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 756.16; tide: Incoming; Counted 1 row then scan. 496chaetoceros=408single+88chain. 1ceratium;2dinophysis;2actinoptychus;4cocinodiscus;paralia;cyanofilament counted on scan. Cyano filament;coccolithophore;euglenophyte;zooplankton;pine pollen; 3eggs noted.

02 Mar 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North West; baro (mmHg): 769.11; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom.Counted one row then scan. 1 pine pollen;2unknown zooplankton also noted. 384chaetoceros=208single+176chain.

18 Feb 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 764.29; tide: Incoming; 2648chaetoceros=976single+1672chain. Counted 1 row then scan. Procentrum;cocholodinium;pine pollen noted on scan

02 Feb 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield

weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South West; baro (mmHg): 765.05; tide: Incoming; 1 row counted then scan. 944 chaetoceros=112single+832chain. Prorocentrum spp.; Gonyaulax;Asterionellopsis; Cocinodiscus noted on scan. Secchi on bottom.

19 Jan 11:30 by Dennis Hatfield