Renovation of Research Building at the University of Guam Marine Laboratory

关岛大学海洋实验室(UOGML)是美国在热带西太平洋唯一的海洋实验室，是关岛大学的一个研究单位，为美国附属的密克罗尼西亚群岛提供服务，包括关岛领土、北马里亚纳群岛联邦、密克罗尼西亚联邦、贝劳共和国和马绍尔群岛。UOGML成立于1970年，独特的地理位置靠近各种蓬勃发展的珊瑚礁栖息地，这些栖息地使该实验室成为热带海洋生物学研究的重要中心。此前，该设施进行的研究重点是珊瑚礁群落的结构和功能，以及热带渔业和水产养殖的应用研究计划。然而，在过去的六年里，研究项目已经多样化，包括化学生态学、海洋微生物学、生物地球化学、幼虫生物学、珊瑚鱼遗传学和古生物学。该实验室在珊瑚礁研究方面享有国际声誉，教职员工与来自世界各地的珊瑚礁科学家合作。目前有12名教职员工和20多名学生参与了少数民族研究项目。为了维护这个宝贵的研究基地，学术研究基础设施计划将提供资金，使UOGML能够实现其研究设施的现代化。资金将用于翻新和改善个别教员实验室和多用户实验室的电气和管道系统。将更换和配置实验室家具，以提供更高效的工作空间。拥有现代化的设施对于研究开发、养护和利用该区域的大量海洋资源至关重要，因为这些资源对西太平洋人民至关重要。

The University of Guam Marine Laboratory (UOGML), the only U.S. marine laboratory in the tropical western Pacific, is a research unit of the University of Guam that serves the U.S.-affiliated islands of Micronesia, including the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Belau, and the Marshall Islands. Established in 1970, the UOGML is uniquely situated near a variety of thriving coral reef habitats that have allowed the laboratory to become an important center for the study of tropical marine biology. Previously, research conducted at the facility focused on the structure and function of coral reef communities with applied research programs on tropical fisheries and aquaculture. However, over the past six years, research programs have been diversified to include chemical ecology, marine microbiology, biogeochemistry, larval biology, genetics of reef fishes, and paleobiology. The Laboratory has acquired an international reputation in coral reef research in which the faculty have collaborated with coral reef scientist from all over the world. Minority research programs are available, that currently involve twelve faculty members and over twenty students. In order to maintain this treasured research base, the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will provide funds to enable the UOGML to modernize its research facility. Funds will be used to renovate and improve the electrical and plumbing systems in individual faculty laboratories and multi-user laboratories. Laboratory furniture will be replaced and configured to provide more efficient work space. The availability of a modern facility is vital to research as well as to studies of the development, conservation, and utilization of the region's substantial marine resources, which are of paramount importance to the people of the western Pacific.