Photo Gallery

Coral larvae (Acropora cytherea) settled on aragonite plug.
Photo: E. Puill-Stephan

Coral settler (Favia fragrum) on a preconditioned limestone settlement tile.
Photo: M. Nugues

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

Coral bommy covered with macroalgae in the lagoon of Moorea.
Photo: M. Nugues

Hendrikje collecting crustose coralline algae.
Photo: M. Nugues

Getting out in the field from research station.
Photo: M. Nugues

Herbivorous sea urchins in the lagon of Moorea. Sea urchins can act as facilitators of coral recruitment.
Photo: G. Siu

Fabio Bulleri deploying Diadema in the field.
Photo: J. Gasc

Natural stands of Turbinaria ornata in the field.
Photo: F. Bulleri

Two settled germlings of Turbinaria ornata in the lab.
Photo: F. Bulleri