MarVeL Workshop

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Pre-Workshop (for International Guests - not mandatory)
10:00–12:00 Campus Tour (Optional)
13:30–18:00 Pre-Workshop Introduction (Meet and Greet - Excursion)

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Day 1 (Introduce workshop objectives; Review previous interdisciplinary studies of larval dispersal between hydrothermal vents; Start to develop research questions to be addressed in Mariana region)

8:30-10:10 Morning 1, Session 1: Introduction and vent larval dispersal studies

Break

10:30-12:10 Morning 1, Session 2: Continued vent larval dispersal studies, then population genetics and bio/phylogeography

Group photo
Lunch

13:30-15:10 Afternoon 1, Session 1: Focus on the Mariana vents – lithosphere and lithosphere-hydrosphere linkage

Break

15:30-17:10 Afternoon 1, Session 2: Focus on the Mariana vents – lithosphere-biosphere linkage

Break

19:00 Dinner (Chura Hall, Seaside House)

Friday, May 11, 2012

Day 2 (Continue to review previous studies; Specify more carefully the questions to be addressed in Mariana region; Consider Mariana vents in the context of a network of marine protected areas; Plan field work in Mariana)

8:30-10:10 Morning 2, Session 1: Focus on the Mariana vents – hydrosphere and hydrosphere-biosphere linkage

Break

10:30-12:10 Morning 2, Session 2: Focus on the Mariana vents – Continued hydrosphere and hydrosphere-biosphere linkage

Lunch

13:30-15:10 Afternoon 2, Session 1: Mariana vents as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Break

15:30-17:10 Afternoon 2, Session 2: Planning for coordinated field research

Excursion to Manzamo Cliff

19:00 Dinner (Chura Hall, Seaside House)

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