Fig. 1From: Microbial proliferation on gill structures of juvenile European lobster (Homarus gammarus) during a moult cycle H. gammarus juvenile stage V, a shows the nine sampling locations used for microbial counts on podobranch gills using SEM. Anterior/posterior position indicated with arrows. PG podobranch gill, GF gill filament, B bottom, M middle, T top. Images show each of the 9 GF sampling locations for microbial counting (a) and a representation of the positioning and relative size of a 432 µm2 grid (marked by black lines) (b)Back to article page