Coral larvae (Favia fragrum) searching for a settlement substrate in a laboratory container. The small size of most coral larvae (~0.5 mm) makes them difficult to observe and study in situ.
Photo: M. Nugues
Coral settlers (Favia fragrum) on small chip of crustose coralline algae photographed under blue UV light. UV light helps with detecting and counting tiny settlers.
Photo: M. Nugues
Adult coral (Orbicella faveolata) emitting gamete bundles during mass spawning event in Puerto Rico. Gamete bundles can be collected and raised in the lab to larval stages for coral restoration.
Photo: M. Nugues
Coral settlers on the crustose coralline alga Titanoderma prototypum, a well known settlement-inducer.
Photo: R. Steneck
Crustose coralline alga photographed in situ. These algae are notoriously difficult to identify.
Photo: M. Nugues
Herbivorous sea urchins in the lagon of Moorea. Sea urchins can act as facilitators of coral recruitment.
Photo: G. Siu
Hugo pulling a syringe for in-situ extraction of chemical compounds from the water column.
Photo: C. Pozas-Schacre
Chloé dipping fragments of Turbinaria ornata in methanol to extract surface metabolites.
Photo: H. Bischoff
Hugo installing macroalgae on one of the structures of the second experiment.
Photo: C. Pozas-Schacre
Structure holding tiles conditioned in the presence of Dictyota bartayresiana.
Photo: C. Pozas-Schacre
Cryptic side of a recruitment tile. Can you find the coral recruits? Click on the photo and zoom in.
Photo: C. Pozas-Schacre
Experimental petridishes showing coral recruits in contact with crustose coralline algae.
Photo: M. Nugues
Chloé concentrating egg-sperm bundles inside a collecting tube during spawning night.
Photo: M. Nugues
Two Acropora recruits settled on Titanoderma chip in the high oxygen end of the hypoxitron.
Photo: H. Jorissen
Funding source : ANR