Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future

Aphrodite: Dendrophyllia ramea populations of Cyprus.- 24. Drop chapter. Cold-water corals in fluid venting submarine structures.- 25. Drop chapter. Cold-water corals and mud volcanoes - life on a dynamic substrate.- 26. Occurrence of living cold-water corals at large depths within submarine canyons of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.- 27. Drop chapter. Submarine canyons in the Mediterranean: a shelter for cold-water corals.- 28. Drop chapter. A cold-water coral habitat in La Fonera submarine canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea.- 29. Cold-water coral associated fauna in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent areas.- 30. Cold-water corals as shelter, feeding and life-history critical habitats for fish species: ecological interactions and fishing impact.- 31. Past, present and future connectivity of Mediterranean cold-water corals: patterns, drivers and fate ina technically and environmentally changing world.- 32. Drop chapter. Desmophyllum dianthus genetics and more.- 33. Diversity of bacteria associated with the cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata.- 34. Drop chapter. Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata: An Archaea riddle?.- 35. Biology and ecophysiology of Mediterranean cold-water corals.- 36. Growth patterns of Mediterranean calcifying cold-water corals.- 37. Demography and conservation of deep corals: the study of population structure and dynamics.- 38. Cold-water coral in aquaria: advances and challenges. A focus on the Mediterranean.- 39. Drop chapter. Approaching cold-water corals to the society: novel ways to transfer knowledge.- PART III - Future.- 40. Perspectives of biophysical modelling with implications on biological connectivity of Mediterranean cold-water corals.- 41. Drop chapter. The interface between tectonic evolution and cold-water coral dynamics in the Mediterranean.- 42. Drop chapter. The Mediterranean is getting saltier: from the past to the future.- 43. Drop chapter. The spread of non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean - a threat to cold-water corals?.- 44. Fate of Mediterranean scleractinian  cold-water corals as a result of global climate change. A synthesis. - 45. Drop chapter. A case study: variability in the calcification response of Mediterranean cold-water corals to ocean acidification.- 46. Conservation of cold-water corals in the Mediterranean: current status and future prospects for improvement.