2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 181 Wednesday, 25 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 107 AB

Paleontology/Paleobotany VIII: Preservational Bias and Experimental Taphonomy

Richard Krause and Mairi Best, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
181-18:00 AM MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIES-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN PRESERVABILITY ON RELATIVE ABUNDANCES IN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115, tomo@geo.tamu.edu
181-28:15 AM SIEVE MESH SIZE BIASES AND THE ECOLOGIC COMPOSITION OF FOSSIL SAMPLES: BUSH, Andrew M., Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, andrew.bush@uconn.edu, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, HOFFMEISTER, Alan P., Department of Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego, 7060 Route 104, Oswego, NY 13126, BAMBACH, Richard K., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-121, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, and DALEY, Gwen M., Department of Chemistry, Physics and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29730
181-38:30 AM THE LIVE, THE DEAD, AND THE EXPECTED DEAD: MORTALITY AND TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN RECENT DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, tarothfu@uchicago.edu and KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
181-48:45 AM TAPHONOMIC INERTIA TO SHIFTING ECOLOGICAL BASELINES: KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, skidwell@uchicago.edu
181-59:00 AM ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD: ASSESSMENT OF FAUNAL PATTERNS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY FROM CROSS BANK, FLORIDA BAY: FERGUSON, Chad Allen, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, ferguscd@email.uc.edu
181-69:15 AM SHELL FRAGMENTATION AS AN INDICATOR OF BENTHIC CONDITIONS: BEST, Mairi M.R.1, BIBEAU, Karine1, SPITZBERG, Daniel2, THOMAS, Ellen3, VAREKAMP, Johan4, and BERNATIS, Jennifer5, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, kakaok2_360@yahoo.com, (2) McGill School of the Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, (3) Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (4) Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT 06459, (5) Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st St, Gainesville, FL 32653
181-79:30 AM HISTORICAL BASELINES FOR PREDATION IN SALT MARSHES: CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS: DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, gregory.dietl@yale.edu
 9:45 AM Break
181-810:00 AM INFERRING DIET OF CRABS USING WEAR PATTERNS ON CLAWS: AGNEW, Jeffrey G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, agnew@geol.lsu.edu and ANDERSON, Laurie C., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
181-910:15 AM DETECTING AVIAN PREDATION ON BIVALVE ASSEMBLAGES USING INDIRECT METHODS: STEMPIEN, Jennifer A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jstempie@vt.edu
181-1010:30 AM HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF DRILLHOLES ON POST-MORTEM TRANSPORT OF BIVALVE SHELLS: CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya1, MILLER, Daniel J.2, and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K.1, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, devpriya@umich.edu, (2) Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
181-1110:45 AM TAPHONOMY ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE: EIGHT-YEAR TRENDS—GULF OF MEXICO AND BAHAMAS: POWELL, Eric N.1, CALLENDER, W. Russell2, STAFF, George M.3, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla4, BRETT, Carlton5, WALKER, Sally6, RAYMOND, Anne7, and ASHTON-ALCOX, Kathryn A.1, (1) Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, eric@hsrl.rutgers.edu, (2) Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (3) Geology Dept, Austin Community College, 11928 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, TX 78758, (4) Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, (5) Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (6) Geology Dept, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (7) Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115
181-1211:00 AM THE FATE OF WOOD IN MARINE SILICICLASTIC ENVIRONMENTS: A COMPARISON OF PETROLEUM SEEP AND NON-SEEP ENVIRONMENTS: RAYMOND, Anne1, METZ, Cheryl1, WALKER, Sally2, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla3, POWELL, Eric N.4, BRETT, Carlton5, ASHTON-ALCOX, Kathryn A.4, STAFF, George M.6, and CALLENDER, W. Russell7, (1) Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu, (2) Geology Dept, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (3) Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, (4) Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, (5) Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (6) Geology Dept, Austin Community College, 11928 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, TX 78758, (7) Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
181-1311:15 AM HOW LONG DOES OYSTER SHELL LAST ON AN OYSTER REEF?: ASHTON-ALCOX, Kathryn A., POWELL, Eric N., and KRAEUTER, John N., Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, kathryn@hsrl.rutgers.edu
181-1411:30 AM AGE MIXING AMONG SYMPATRIC BIVALVES AND BRACHIOPODS FROM THE BRAZILIAN SOUTH ATLANTIC: KRAUSE, Richard A. Jr, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rkrause@vt.edu, BARBOUR WOOD, Susan, Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SIMOES, Marcello G., Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, Brazil, KAUFMAN, Darrell, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, ROMANEK, Christopher S., Dept. of Geology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, and WEHMILLER, John F., Department of Geology, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716

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