2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 129 Tuesday, November 9, 2004
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 108/110/112

Paleontology V: Fossil Gradients and Ecological Landscapes

Hermann Pfefferkorn and Dennis Hubbard, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
129-18:00 AM A QUANTITATIVE NULL MODEL OF EXPECTED CHANGES IN ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE FOLLOWING AN EXTINCTION: LAYOU, Karen M. and HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, klayou@uga.edu
129-28:15 AM ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA: DIVERSITY PARTITIONING DURING A MARINE BIOTIC INVASION, UPPER ORDOVICIAN, CINCINNATI ARCH: PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 539 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, brachio@geosc.psu.edu and HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
129-38:30 AM A NEW METHOD FOR COMPARING SPECIES ECOLOGY IN TIME AND SPACE: EVALUATING FAUNAL STABILITY DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN, CINCINNATI ARCH: HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, stratum@gly.uga.edu and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 539 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714
129-48:45 AM COMMUNITIES FALL APART: MEASURING EXTINCTION POTENTIAL IN PALEOCOMMUNITIES: ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, CONEL, Erin1, and VERMEIJ, Geerat J.2, (1) Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, proopnarine@calacademy.org, (2) Department of Geology, Univ of California Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
129-59:00 AM IMPACT OF AN IMPACT: BENTHIC RECOVERY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LATE DEVONIAN ALAMO EVENT: TAPANILA, Leif M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 1460 East, 135 South, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, ltapanila@mines.utah.edu and EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 719 WBB, 135 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111
129-69:15 AM IDENTIFYING THE PRIMARY FACTOR IN PALEOCOMMUNITY STRUCTURE: A CASE-STUDY OF LATERAL VARIATION IN THE IMPERIAL FORMATION OF THE COYOTE MOUNTAINS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REDMAN, Cory M., Biology, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, redzorro7@yahoo.com, GALE, Christopher N., Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, 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
129-79:30 AM BATHYMETRIC SIGNATURES AND SEQUENCE OVERPRINT OF MOLLUSK ASSOCIATIONS FROM LATE QUATERNARY SEQUENCES OF THE PO PLAIN (ITALY): KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, michalk@vt.edu and SCARPONI, Daniele, Earth Sciences, Univ of Bologna, via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy
 9:45 AM Break
129-810:00 AM A COMPARISON OF GRADIENTS IN REEF CORAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION BETWEEN LATE PLEISTOCENE AND MODERN CORAL REEFS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GREENSTEIN, Benjamin J., Department of Geology, Cornell College, 600 First Street West, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314, bgreenstein@cornellcollege.edu and PANDOLFI, John M., Centre for Marine Studies and Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
129-910:15 AM DEVELOPMENT, DECLINE, AND TRANSITION IN A MID-HOLOCENE FRINGING CORAL REEF COMPLEX, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CURRAN, H. Allen1, GREER, Lisa2, GLUMAC, Bosiljka1, GUERARD, Gala M.M.1, and SWART, Peter K.3, (1) Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, acurran@smith.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Washington and Lee Univ, Lexington, VA 24450, (3) MGG, RSMAS, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, FL 33149-1098
129-1010:30 AM A PRELIMINARY MODEL OF HOLOCENE CORAL-REEF DEVELOPMENT IN THE ENRIQUILLO VALLEY, SW DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: HUBBARD, Dennis K.1, RAMIREZ, Wilson2, DAVIS, Allicia1, LAWSON, Gregory R.1, ORAM, Jessica1, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla1, GREER, Lisa3, CUEVAS, David2, and DEL CORO, Monica4, (1) Dept. of Geology, Oberlin College, 52 West Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, dennis.hubbard@oberlin.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 9017, Mayaguez, PR 00681, (3) Department of Geology, Washington and Lee Univ, Lexington, VA 24450, (4) Dept. of Geology, Univ of Puerto Rico, PO Box 9017, Mayaguez, PR 00681
129-1110:45 AM SPATIAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSILS FROM DIFFUSE SEEPS IN A PLIOCENE SHELF SETTING, CASCADIA CONVERGENT MARGIN: NESBITT, Elizabeth A., Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of Washington, Box 351350, Seattle, WA 98195-1350, lnesbitt@u.washington.edu and CAMPBELL, Kathleen A., Geology, Univ of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland
129-1211:00 AM PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF FOUR SEQUENTIAL EARLY PERMIAN FLORAS AND LANDSCAPES FROM INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA: PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W., Univ Pennsylvania, 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, hpfeffer@sas.upenn.edu and WANG, Jun, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China
129-1311:15 AM PALEOECOLOGICAL PATTERNS AT THE COAL-ROOF SHALE TRANSITION: STEVANOVIC-WALLS, Ivana M., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, iswalls@sas.upenn.edu.
129-1411:30 AM GETTING MIXED SIGNALS: EFFECTS OF SEDIMENTARY REWORKING ON SAMPLED DIVERSITY IN THE ORDOVICIAN OF THE BASIN AND RANGE (UTAH AND NEVADA): FINNEGAN, Seth and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, finnes01@ucr.edu
129-1511:45 AM USING GRADIENT ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE LITHOLOGICALLY-RELATED VARIABILITY IN THE EXTENT OF TIME-AVERAGING AMONG FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES: WEBBER, Andrew J., Department of Geology, Miami Univ, 1601 University Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45011, webberaj@muohio.edu.

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