About the cover:
A massive bright green surface cyanobacterial bloom extending more than 20 km out over Lake Taihu, China, as seen by the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer satellite instrument on 14 August 2007 (image: Mark Matthews, Daniel Odermatt; data courtesy of the European Space Agency). Matthews and Bernard discuss the use of satellite remote sensing to detect eutrophication and cyanobacteria in South Africa’s water bodies in an article in this issue.
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