Mariana Vent Larvae (MarVel) Workshop: International Study of Connectivity Between Hydrothermal Vents in the U.S. Marianas Trench Marine National Monument

我们正在提议马里亚纳喷口幼虫（MarVeL）研讨会，以促进美国和日本多学科研究小组之间的新合作，目标是制定一项协调计划，研究国际社会高度重视的地区热液喷口之间的连通性。御手洗将担任冲绳讲习班的当地东道主。我们的目标是向各自的政府机构提出一项协调的研究计划，以便对马里亚纳火山喷发进行跨学科的国际研究。这是美国水域海洋保护区内仅有的喷口。我们的综合专业知识和资源将使我们能够深入了解幼虫生物学和在深海中的扩散。美国和日本对马里亚纳地区的研究兴趣由来已久，其合作通常涉及地球科学家（例如，海洋地质学，地球化学），并关注海底过程。我们的合作涉及物理海洋学家和生物物理建模者，将把研究扩展到水柱。来自美国和日本的女科学家和早期职业科学家（博士后研究人员和研究生）将参加研讨会。

We are proposing the Mariana Vent Larvae (MarVeL) Workshop to catalyze new collaborations between multi-disciplinary research groups from the U.S. and Japan, with the goal to develop a coordinated plan to study connectivity between hydrothermal vents in a region of high priority to the international community. S. Mitarai will serve as local host for the workshop in Okinawa. Our goal is to propose a coordinated research plan to our respective government agencies for an interdisciplinary and international study focused on the Mariana vents. These are the only vents in a marine protected area in U.S. waters. Our combined expertise and resources will enable insight into larval biology and dispersal in the deep sea.There is a history of U.S. and Japanese research interests in the Mariana region, with collaborations generally involving geo-scientists (e.g., marine geology, geochemistry) and focusing on seafloor processes. Our collaboration involving physical oceanographers and biophysical modelers will extend studies up into the water column. Women scientists and early career scientists (postdoctoral researchers and graduate students) from both the U.S. and Japan will participate at the workshop.