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The article focuses on four Mediterranean cold-water corals' long-term growth rate. The Madrepora oculata, Lephelia pertusa, Desmophyllum dianthus and Dendrophyllia cornigera are some of the corals observed for eight months using the buoyant weight technique. The authors discovered that of all species, it was the M. oculata that experienced significant growth. They concluded that the difference in the total weight increase and linear increase in all four species is caused by the difference in their physiological features.