Shifting reef restoration focus from coral survivorship to biodiversity using Reef Carpets.

To enhance the practice of farmed-coral transplantation, we conducted a trial of an approach called "Reef Carpets" (RC), which draws inspiration from the commercial turf-grass sod in land-based lawn gardening. Three 8.4m RCs were established on a sandy seabed, containing preselected combinations of branching corals (Acropora cf.