Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future, 1st ed. 2019 Understanding the Deep-Sea Realms of Coral Coral Reefs of the World Series, Vol. 9

What do we know about Mediterranean Cold (Deep)-Water coral ecosystems? In this book, specialists offer answers and insights with a series of chapters and short papers about the paleoecology, biology, physiology and ecology of the corals and other organisms that comprise these ecosystems. Structured on a temporal axis?Past, Present and Future?the reviews and selected study cases cover the cold and deep coral habitats known to date in the Mediterranean Basin. This book illustrates and explains the deep Mediterranean coral habitats that might have originated similar thriving ecosystems in today?s Atlantic Ocean.

First volume specifically dedicated to the Mediterranean Cold-water coral ecosystems

Contains full and comprehensive chapters on specific topics, discoveries, case studies appealing to students and teachers

Brings together Mediterranean specialists in CWCs and scientists from other regions