Shifting reef restoration focus from coral survivorship to biodiversity using Reef Carpets
Abstract 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 8.4m2 RCs were established on a sandy seabed, containing preselected combin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-01-01
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Series: | Communications Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05831-4 |