FIGURE 10 in X-ray Microanalysis and the Chemical Elemental Composition of Gorgonian and Pennatulacean Axial Structures (Anthozoa, Octocorallia)

FIGURE 10. Energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) linescan dataset. (A) EDS linescan site of interest BSE image in a cross-sectional view of a sea pen Virgularia sp. axial skeleton acquired by INCA Energy software using same region as Figure 9, horizontal linescan through the middle of the axis was applied for EDS analysis to examine the distribution of elements along the line. (B) Element linescan result displaying grouped linescans as colored: carbon (purple), oxygen (bright green), fluorine (pink), sodium (blue), magnesium (green), sulfur (teal), chlorine (red), calcium (light green), ytterbium (gold). (C) Sum spectrum of the linescan. Scale bar = 1 mm. (D) Bar chart of the quantitative results from the sum spectrum.