Co-designing a multidisciplinary deep-ocean observing programme at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region: a blueprint for synergy in deep ocean research and conservation

, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 , USA

HGF-MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research , Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven , Germany

Direção de Serviços de Biodiversidade e Política do Mar, Direção Regional de Políticas Marítimas, Secretaria Regional do Mar e das Pescas , 9900-111 Horta , Portugal

Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research , , Seestraße 15, 18119 Rostock , Germany

Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX 78712 , USA

CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto , Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n 4450-208 Matosinhos , Portugal

Institute for Marine Remote Sensing/IMaRS, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida , St. Petersburg, FL 33701 , USA

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Porto , 4169-007 Porto , Portugal

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Your Ocean Consulting, LLC , Knoxville, TN 37922 , USA

School of Oceanography, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195 , USA

Kelp Marine Research , 1624 CJ, Hoorn , The Netherlands

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Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research , , Seestraße 15, 18119 Rostock , Germany

Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway , Silver Spring, MD 20910 , USA

Institute of Marine Sciences - Okeanos, University of the Azores , Rua Professor Doutor Frederico Machado 4, 9901-862 Horta , Portugal