A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining

Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA

Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA

Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA

Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative and Deep Ocean Observing Strategy, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, UK

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IMAR Instituto do Mar, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, and MARE Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal

Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll, UK

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA 93940, USA

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Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA

Deep-Sea Conservation Research Unit, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, UK

Seascape Consultants Ltd., Romsey, UK

Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Faculty of Law, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Portugal

Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Seascape Consultants Ltd., Romsey, UK