Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef, August 2011

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) in sea anemone, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Stony Coral (Acropora sp) bleaching, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Bleached Staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis), Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 2017.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Damselfish (Pomacentrus sp) pair in bleached Stony Coral (Acropora sp), Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Coral bleaching in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia March 2017.

Juergen Freund / Cyclone damaged reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) group feeding on coral, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Close up of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora coral, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the side of a Platygyra coral and digesting it with its stomach. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Researchers collecting coral larvae from the octagon holding pool. Part of Coral IVF' team working on project to replenish heavily degraded sections of reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia....

Juergen Freund / Professor Peter Harrison from Southern Cross University sitting on edge of nursery pool filled with coral larvae. Part of Coral IVF project to rear coral and replenish degraded sections of Great Barri...

Juergen Freund / Coral larvae in octagonal inflatable nursery pool, aerial view. Larvae reared following mass Coral spawning event. Scientists from Coral Larval Restoration Project led by Southern Cross University sit...

Juergen Freund / Divers assembling octagonal inflatable larval pool, Coral Larval Restoration Project, Southern Cross University and James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. November 2019.

Juergen Freund / Divers assembling octagonal inflatable larval pool, Coral Larval Restoration Project, Southern Cross University and James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. November 2019.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of assembly of octagonal inflatable larval pool, Coral Larval Restoration Project, Southern Cross University and James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. November 2019

Juergen Freund / Harrison Integrated Spawn Catcher Rearer Inflatable Pool over Great Barrier Reef, aerial view. Coral spawn caught with arms during synchronised spawning event and held in pool. Larvae reared alongside...

Juergen Freund / Harrison Integrated Spawn Catcher Rearer Inflatable Pool over Great Barrier Reef, aerial view. Coral spawn caught with arms during synchronised spawning event and held in pool. Larvae reared alongside...

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora millepora) spawning, gametes of egg and sperm bundles floating to surface. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora millepora) spawning, gametes of egg and sperm bundles floating to surface. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora millepora) spawning, gametes of egg and sperm bundles floating to surface. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora sp) spawning at night, gametes of egg and sperm bundles floating to surface. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Coral (Acropora sp) spawning. Spawn collected by Coral Larval Restoration project led by Dr. Peter Harrison of Southern Cross University to rear Coral and repopulate reefs. Great Barrier Reef, Queensl...

Juergen Freund / Coral spawning in the Great Barrier Reef happens every year in November 3 - 5 days after full moon, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) spawning during the annual 'mass' coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) spawning during the annual mass coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral spawning {Acropora sp} Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Marine worms spawning, synchronised with coral spawning, Coral Larval Restoration Project, Southern Cross University and James Cook University, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. June

Juergen Freund / Coral spawn slick at water surface. Spawn collected by Coral Larval Restoration project led by Dr. Peter Harrison of Southern Cross University to rear and repopulate reefs. Great Barrier Reef, Queensl...

Juergen Freund / Coral spawning slick above Great Barrier Reef. Fitzroy island, Queensland, Australia. November 2012.

Juergen Freund / Biologist Katie Chartrand of James Cook University aerating and de-clumping Coral larvae in larval pool. The Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University captures Coral sperm and eggs before rea...

Juergen Freund / Researcher scooping coral spawned into buckets for the Coral Larvae Restoration Project - coral spawning science in the Great Barrier Reef - lead scientist Dr. Peter Harrison Southern Cross University...

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from the Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University. Katie Chartrand (James Cook University) pours 5 day old coral larvae into a sieve held by Prof. Peter Harrison (...

Juergen Freund / Coral larvae aged 5 days, microscopic image. Reared together with algae symbionts after capture of millions of Coral sperm and eggs. Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University to replenish deg...

Juergen Freund / Scientists Nadine Boulotte from Southern Cross University(left) and Katie Chartrand from James Cook University (right) looking down microscopes at Coral larvae. Part of Coral IVF project to rear coral...

Juergen Freund / Nadine Boulotte, Southern Cross university PhD researcher and Katie Chartrand, Senior researcher at James Cook University examining tiny coral larvae under a microscope. Part of Coral IVF' team workin...

Juergen Freund / Scientists Dr. Dexter de la Cruz and Prof. Peter Harrison from Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at Coral larvae. Part of Coral IVF project to rear coral and replenish degraded sectio...

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at night. Researchers scraping out reared Coral growing on settlement tiles before they can...

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at night. Researchers scraping out reared Coral growing on settlement tiles before they can...

Juergen Freund / Bio-optical sensor to measure health and productivity of organisms that photosynthesise in Coral and Algae. Used by scientists from Coral IVF team working to replenish degraded sections of Great Barri...

Juergen Freund / Coral larvae on a petri dish for counting under microscope. Reared together with algae symbionts after capture of millions of Coral sperm and eggs. Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University t...

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora sp) gametes of egg and sperm bundles on tip of polyps prior to spawning, close up. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis) spawning, gametes of egg and sperm bundles released from Coral. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis) spawning, gametes of egg and sperm bundles released from Coral. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis) spawning, gametes of egg and sperm bundles released from Coral. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / Coral gametes during spawning, containing both male and female reproductive cells. Queensland, Australia. December.

Juergen Freund / The Australian Institute of Marine Science Sea Simulator Research Facility at night with the stars out before moonrise during coral spawning event, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia. December 2019

Juergen Freund / Regal tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus) and other fish and corals in aquarium tanks inside the Australian Institute of Marine Science Sea Simulator Research Facility, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia....

Juergen Freund / Tanks with Great Barrier Reef experiments at National Sea Simulator. Australian Institute of Marine Science where impacts of complex environmental changes are researched, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Au...

Juergen Freund / Research aquarist Andrea Severeti with experiments in National Sea Simulator, fragment and spawn grown Coral from Great Barrier Reef. Australian Institute of Marine Science where impacts of complex en...

Juergen Freund / Coral growing in marine tank where impacts of complex environmental changes on coral reefs are researched. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Au...

Juergen Freund / Coral growing in marine tank where impacts of complex environmental changes are researched. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia. 2019.

Juergen Freund / Coral growing in marine tank where impacts of complex environmental changes are researched. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia. 2019.

Juergen Freund / Coral growing in marine tank where impacts of complex environmental changes are researched. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia. 2019.

Juergen Freund / Senior Research Aquarist with Great Barrier Reef corals growing in aquarium at large research facility located near the sea, Australian Institute of Marine Science Sea Simulator, Cape Ferguson, Queens...

Juergen Freund / Coral native to Great Barrier Reef inside experiment tank at National Sea Simulator, biologist in background. Australian Institute of Marine Science where impacts of complex environmental changes are...

Juergen Freund / Coral specimens in tank at National Sea Simulator where impacts of complex environmental changes on coral reefs are researched. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Austr...

Juergen Freund / Ecologist Dr. Carly Randall from the AIMS SeaSim laboratory studying an image of a plug substrate hosting 1 month old baby coral polyps, reared following Nov 2019 spawning. Research aims to improve su...

Juergen Freund / Biologist Dr. Kate Quigley looking at gravid Corals prior to spawning, freshly collected from Great Barrier Reef. Research into spatial and temporal drivers of thermal tolerance in Coral species. Nati...

Juergen Freund / Ecologist Dr. Carly Randall studying tray of plug substrates hosting Coral polyps aged one month, reared following November spawning. Research aims to improve success of coral restoration through iden...

Juergen Freund / Tray of circular plug substrates hosting Coral polyps aged one month, reared following November spawning. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Aus...

Juergen Freund / Coral polyps aged one month on plug substrate, reared following November spawning. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia. 2019.

Juergen Freund / Queensland University 'LarvalBot' a semi autonomous underwater robot that will distribute baby coral as 'larval clouds' onto damaged reef areas on a larger scale. 'Larvalbot' w...

Juergen Freund / Queensland University's "LarvalBot", a semi autonomous underwater robot that will distribute baby coral as "larval clouds" onto damaged reef areas on a larger scale. "Larvalbot" was developed by Profe...

Juergen Freund / LavalBot, a semi-autonomous robot designed by Queensland University of Technology used to deliver reared Coral larvae as larval clouds onto targeted damaged coral reefs. Coral IVF project, Great Barri...

Juergen Freund / Staghorn coral (Acropora sp) aged one year settled on concrete settlement substrate that can be attached to reef in restoration. Queensland, Australia. 2019.

Juergen Freund / Working round the clock, scientists / researchers scrape out tiny corals growing on preprepared settlement substrate / tiles ready for experiment plots. Settlement substrate provides baby corals with...

Juergen Freund / Professor Peter Harrison drilling a hole onto damaged reefs in the experiment plot to bolt in the tiles where the coral larvae will settle. Looking on is Dr. Simon Hartley Southern Cross University.Pa...

Juergen Freund / Professor Peter Harrison leading team to set up coral larvae distribution plots. Part of Coral IVF' team working on project to replenish heavily degraded sections of reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensla...

Juergen Freund / Professor Peter Harrison leading the team to attach netting on experiment plots where coral larvae will be settled. Part of Coral IVF' team working on project to replenish heavily degraded sections of...

Juergen Freund / Biologist Katie Chartrand of James Cook University collecting Coral samples to further knowledge of Coral spawning, part of the Coral Larval Restoration Project led by Southern Cross University. Great...

Juergen Freund / Katharina Fabricius conducting coral survey with Acropora coral in front, Great Barrier Reef, Coral Life census, Great Barrier Reef, Australia 2008

Juergen Freund / Lunar-tailed bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur) Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Reef Magic Marine World Pontoon on reef following mass spawning underwater snowstorm' on the night of November 17 after full moon, part of Coral Larval Restoration Project, Southern Cross University a...

Juergen Freund / Tourists onboard Reef Magic Pontoon watching and photographing Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) being fed, part of Coral Larval Restoration Project, Southern Cross University and James Cook Unive...

Juergen Freund / Tourists in a glass bottom boat looking at corals around the shallow reefs of Green Island, Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia October 2016.

Juergen Freund / Reef Magic Pontoon tourists snorkelling, Moore Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. November 2019

Juergen Freund / Non-diver tourists surrounded by fish, trying out the sea walker from the Sunlover Pontoon, Great Barrier Reef, Queenland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Quicksilver Pontoon with tourists helmet diving to see marine wildlife, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia 2006

Juergen Freund / Tourists on Scubadoos from the Great Adventures Pontoon watching fish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia 2006

Juergen Freund / Coral reef with diver in background. Queensland, Australia. 2019. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Snorkler diving down to view coral reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef. Agincourt Reefs, off Port Douglas, Queensland

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Green Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef, August 2011

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef. Agincourt Reefs, off Port Douglas, Queensland

Juergen Freund / Diver watching Broadclub cuttlefish {Sepia latimanus} displaying on Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Diver at examines coral reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Diver + Giant clam in coral reef {Tridacna gigas} Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Looking down through shallow water at Coral reef in the far northern outer Great Barrier Reef on an exceptionally calm day, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Coral reef in the far northern outer Great Barrier Reef. Coral formations are streamlined because of heavy surf and waves throughout the year. Mostly (Acropora palifera) Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Coral growth in elongated and stunted shapes in the surge and surf zone on top of the outer Great Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Acropora coral with table corals and staghorns, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Acropora table and staghorn coral reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Red-cheeked Anthias (Pseudanthias huchtii) school in reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia