1. An introduction to the research on Mediterranean cold-water corals -- PART I – Past -- 2. Paleoecology of Mediterranean cold-water corals -- 3. Drop chapter. Cold water corals in the Mediterranean: a history of discovery -- 4. A turbulent story: Mediterranean contourites and cold-water corals -- 5. Drop chapter. Messinian salinity crisis: what happened to cold-water corals? -- 6. Drop chap…