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

Chloé transplanting a Pocillopora damicornis colony.
Photo: H. Bischoff

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

Hendrikje and Chérine Baumgartner going out in the field.
Photo: M. Streekstra

Hendrikje collecting coral larvae.
Photo: S. Meiling

Chloe & Hugo in front of their experiment “no anchorage” sign.
Photo: H. Bischoff

Hugo installing macroalgae on one of the structures of the second experiment.
Photo: C. Pozas-Schacre

Chloé removing macroalgae from an experimental bommie.
Photo: H. Bischoff

Experimental room with the glass cylinders.
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

Natural pocilloporid recruits interacting with crustose coralline algae.
Photo: M. Nugues

Hendrikje and Yann Lacube checking up experimental dishes.
Photo: I. Ender

Experimental petridishes showing coral recruits in contact with crustose coralline algae.
Photo: M. Nugues

Acropora cytherea colony releasing egg-sperm bundles during spawning.
Photo: M. Nugues

Chloé concentrating egg-sperm bundles inside a collecting tube during spawning night.
Photo: M. Nugues

Camille running larval behavioral choice experiment.
Photo: M. Nugues

Two Acropora recruits settled on Titanoderma chip in the high oxygen end of the hypoxitron.
Photo: H. Jorissen