Orbicella faveolata spawning in the Florida Keys.

Capturing Orbicella faveolata gamete bundles. Coral polyps release positively buoyant sperm and egg bundles that float into our collection chambers.

Building an exclosure to experimentally test the effects of herbivorous and corallivorous fishes on coral reef communities.

Three parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) visiting a cleaning station on Millennium Atoll, Kiribati.

Reef community recovery following a severe bleaching event on Millennium Atoll, Kiribati.

Reef Specialists, Kelly and Meagan, sailing between reef sites in the Central Pacific on the SSV Robert C Seamans.

Cory, Kelly, and Alain discussing plans between dives in the Florida Keys.

Precious stands of Acropora palmata at dusk prior to spawning in the Florida Keys.

A sleepy parrotfish we surprised during a coral spawning dive.

Sorting juvenile Pocillopora for a transplant experiment

A gray reef shark swimming over the outer reef on Millennium Atoll.

Looking for gamete bundle 'setting' as we await the anticipated coral spawn!

A caribbean reef squid in the Florida Keys

Celebrating the last dive of the field season!

Warming up between dives on the forereef

Skippy, Chicken, and Sneaky - our favorite furry field companions!

Collecting Acropora hyacinthus colonies prior to spawning.

Acropora pulchra in the back reef around Moorea

Pocillopora acuta larvae with visible symbionts

A coral recruit being overgrown by macro algae

Bleached corals during an extreme bleaching event on the outer reef of Moorea

Counting coral larvae for a settlement experiment

Jerry-rigged coral larvae collection system (aka larva slip-n-slide)

Surveying juvenile coral abundance in Moorea

The view of Moorea from the forereef.

Kelly and Marie collecting samples for genomic sequencing

A Pocilloporidae recruit

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