2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
Session No. 237 Wednesday, November 5, 2003
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Washington State Convention and Trade Center: 4C-4

Paleontology/Paleobotany VII: Macroecology, Sampling Issues, and Preservational Bias

Philip M. Novack-Gottshall and Peter Kaplan, Presiding
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237-11:30 PM ASSESSING ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD: JAMET, Catherine M., BOTTJER, David J., BONUSO, Nicole, CLAPHAM, Matthew E., DORNBOS, Stephen Q., FRAISER, Margaret L., MARENCO, Pedro J., and PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, jamet@usc.edu
237-21:45 PM PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE: CLAPHAM, Matthew E.1, BOTTJER, David J.1, PRUSS, Sara B.1, MARENCO, Pedro J.1, JAMET, Catherine M.2, FRAISER, Margaret L.2, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.2, and BONUSO, Nicole1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, clapham@usc.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
237-32:00 PM QUANTIFYING ECOLOGICAL DISPARITY: COMPARATIVE PALEOECOLOGY OF ORDOVICIAN AND RECENT MARINE ASSEMBLAGES: NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M. and MCSHEA, Daniel W., Biology, Duke Univ, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, pn2@duke.edu
237-42:15 PM THE SIGNATURES OF PATCHES AND GRADIENTS IN ECOLOGICAL ORDINATIONS: HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, stratum@gly.uga.edu.
237-52:30 PM CAPTURING BIOTICALLY-MEDIATED SPATIAL COMPLEXITY IN PENNSYLVANIAN NON-REEF COMMUNITIES: A BAFFLING CASE STUDY FROM TEXAS AND KANSAS: SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences and Allison Center for Marine Research, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020
237-62:45 PM PROVIDING PALEOECOLOGICAL CONTEXT FOR MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE: NEOGENE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES: TANG, Carol M.1, ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, ZAVALA, Marisol1, CHAN, Jamie1, PANTEL, Jelena1, and ARONOWSKY, Audrey2, (1) California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, ctang@CalAcademy.org, (2) Integrative Biology, Univ of California at Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720
237-73:00 PM A NEW APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY PALEOECOLOGY RESEARCH: BUILDING SUBSTANTIAL DATASETS THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF PRECOLLEGE STUDENTS: HARNIK, Paul G., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, harnik@museumoftheearth.org.
237-83:15 PM CAN "COMMUNITY STRUCTURE" ARISE TAPHONOMICALLY? EVALUATING HUTCHINSONIAN RATIOS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD: KAPLAN, Peter, Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, pefty@aya.yale.edu and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences and Allison Center for Marine Research, San Diego State Univ, MC-1020, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020
237-93:30 PM PRESERVATIONAL QUALITY AND ITS IMPACT ON DIVERSITY METRICS: ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, Univ Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, tarothfu@uchicago.edu.
237-103:45 PM FIELD METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE SAMPLING IN PALEOECOLOGY: STRATEGIES FOR THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE DATA: BENNINGTON, J Bret, Department of Geology, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140, geojbb@hofstra.edu.
237-114:00 PM COMPARISON OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COLLECTING METHODS AT THE IN SITU CASTLE ROCK RAINFOREST SITE, COLORADO: ELLIS, Beth1, JOHNSON, Kirk1, and DUNN, Regan E.2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, bellis@dmns.org, (2) John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848
237-124:15 PM THE TAPHONOMIC FIDELITY OF SEED SIZE IN FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES: A LIVE-DEAD CASE STUDY: CASSARA, Jason A., Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, paleo618@yahoo.com and SIMS, Hallie J., Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012
237-134:30 PM A SEA CHANGE IN SMUGGLER’S COVE: COMPOSITIONAL DYNAMICS OF SUBFOSSIL MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES: FERGUSON, Chad A., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, ferguscd@email.uc.edu and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
237-144:45 PM TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION IN THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHERN UTAH: ROBERTS, Eric M.1, CHAN, Marjorie A.1, and SAMPSON, Scott D.2, (1) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, haulbag@hotmail.com, (2) Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
237-155:00 PM RECOGNITION AND EVALUATION OF PATTERNING AND BIAS IN PREDATOR-DERIVED SMALL-VERTEBRATE DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: TERRY, Rebecca C., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, rcterry@uchicago.edu.
237-165:15 PM AN EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED BIOTA FROM UPPER SILURIAN SUBMARINE CHANNEL DEPOSITS, WELSH BORDERLAND, UK: GLADWELL, David J, Department of Geology, Univ of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, djg15@le.ac.uk.

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