Session No. 21 Friday, March 14, 2003

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, University of Memphis Conference Center: Fogelman Executive Center 219
T21. Advances in Gulf Coast Paleoecology
Reese E. Barrick and Lance L. Lambert, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
21-18:00 AM SYSTEMATIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN UNIONIDS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S: CAMPBELL, David C., Biological Sciences, Biodiversity and Systematics, Univ of Alabama, Box 870345, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345, bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com.
21-28:20 AM ABUNDANCE AND SURVIVAL ACROSS THE END-CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION: PATTERNS IN COASTAL PLAIN BIVALVES: LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, rxlock@wm.edu.
21-38:40 AM COMPARING TRANSPORT-INDUCED ABRASION OF FRESH AND FOSSILIZED SKELETAL REMAINS: BARTLETT, J.1, COULSON, A.1, WOODWARD, H.2, and STRAIGHT, W.2, (1) MEAS, NCSU, 3921-B Marcom St, Raleigh, NC 27606, abcoulso@unity.ncsu.edu, (2) MEAS, NCSU, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
21-49:00 AM TURTLE FOSSILS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI BLACK PRAIRIE AS ECOLOGIC AND PHYSIOGRAPHIC INDICATORS OF LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS: PHILLIPS, George E., Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, gephill2@unity.ncsu.edu and KAYE, John M., 416 7th St. N, Columbus, MS 39701
21-59:20 AM PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE RESPONSES OF GINKGO BILOBA (VAR.: MAGYAR) TREES TO COMBINED ATMOSPHERIC ENRICHMENT OF CO2, O2 AND INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE: DECHERD, Sara M.1, GOLDFARB, Barry2, PIANTADOSI, Claude A.3, BARRICK, Reese E.1, RUSSELL, Dale A.1, and WHEELER, Elisabeth4, (1) Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, smdecher@unity.ncsu.edu, (2) Department of Forestry, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8002, Raleigh, NC 27695-8002, (3) Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology, Duke Univ, Box 3315 Duke South Hospital, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, (4) Wood & Paper Science, N.C. State Univ, Box 8005, Raleigh, NC 27695-8005
 9:40 AM Break
21-610:00 AM LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF THE FAYETTEVILLE FLORA OF ARKANSAS (USA): UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (MIDDLE CHESTERIAN/LOWER NAMURIAN A): DUNN, Michael T., Ohio Univ - Athens, Dept Environmental & Plant Biology, Athens, OH 45701, md369590@ohiou.edu.
21-710:20 AM THERMOREGULATORY ADAPTATIONS OF ACROCANTHOSAURUS ATOKENSIS: EVIDENCE FROM OXYGEN ISOTOPES: MISSELL, Christine A1, BARRICK, Reese E1, RUSSELL, Dale A1, and KARR, Jonathan2, (1) Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, 1125 Jordan Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, camissel@unity.ncsu.edu, (2) Biology and Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0340
21-810:40 AM WHEN DOES A TAPHOCOENOSE BECOME A BIOCOENOSE? A STORM-GENERATED INLAND MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGE, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS: MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA 30322, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu and HENDERSON, Stephen W., Geology, Oxford College of Emory Univ, Oxford, GA 30054, shender@emory.edu
21-911:00 AM TAPHONOMY OF EOCENE OPHIUROIDS FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN OF GEORGIA: ANDERSON, John R., Science Department, Georgia Perimeter College, 2101 Womack Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338-4435, janderso@gpc.edu.
21-1011:20 AM PETROGRAPHIC THIN SECTION AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL PLANT MATERIAL AND ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTS FROM THE OLIGOCENE CATAHOULA FM OF EAST TEXAS: FREILE, Deborah1, MIDKIFF, Phyllis1, DEVORE, Melanie2, and PIGG, Kathleen3, (1) Geology, Berry College, 2277 Martha Berry Hwy, Mt. Berry, GA 30149, dfreile@berry.edu, (2) Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State Univ, Milledgeville, GA 31061, (3) Plant Biology, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287

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