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AN infrared photograph of part of Clear Lake, California (Fig. 1) shows beautiful, complex patterns of blue-green algal blooms which were not observed by conventional limnological techniques. Repeated observations of patterns such as these can be used to chart the surface movement of these buoyant algae and can also be used to help control algal scums in eutrophic lakes.
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WRIGLEY, R., HORNE, A. Remote sensing and lake eutrophication. Nature 250, 213–214 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250213a0
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