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ESEM Images

Figure 1

Figure 1

The Environmental SEM (ESEM) was to study the growth of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in different sand types. Specifically I wanted to observe the growth of the fungus with minimal disturbance to the soil structure or the fungus. [Elizabeth Drew, Postgraduate Student, Dept. Soil and Water, University of Adelaide 2002.]

Figure 2

Figure 2

ESEM image of G. intraradices growing in a sand with a most common pore diameter of 100 ?m. H = hypha(e), BH = branching hyphae, P = pore, Pt = particle. [Elizabeth Drew, Postgraduate Student, Dept. Soil and Water, University of Adelaide]

Figure 3

Figure 3

ESEM images of G. intraradices growing in the sand with a most common pore diameter of 26 ?m. H = hypha(e), P = pore, Pt = particle.

Figure 4

Figures 4 & 5

Charge compensation images of Zircons recorded using the E3 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope.

Figure 5