2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 232 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351BE

T42. Breaking the Curve: Historical Development, Current State, and Future Prospects for Understanding Local and Regional Processes Governing Global Diversity I (Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Leigh M. Fall, Jocelyn Sessa, Austin J.W. Hendy and Thomas D. Olszewski, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
232-18:00 AM Phanerozoic Marine Diversity of Families, Genera, and Species: Did Jack Get It Right the First Time?: ALROY, John, Paleobiology Database, NCEAS, University of California, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu
232-28:15 AM Ludicrous Theoretical Diverspace of the Marine Biosphere: Could Oceans Hide a Mole of Species?: KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, michalk@vt.edu and FINNEGAN, Seth, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
232-38:30 AM Detecting Historical Biogeography and Adaptive Niche Shifts In a Metacommunity: LEIBOLD, Mathew A., Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78712, mleibold@mail.utexas.edu and PERES-NETO, Pedro, Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
232-48:45 AM Modeling Community Structure across Hierarchical Scales: A Case Study Using Late Ordovician Deep-Subtidal Assemblages from the Cincinnati Arch: NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118-3100, pnovackg@westga.edu
232-59:00 AM Non-Unique Equilibria in Competitive Communities and Punctuated Ecological Change in the Fossil Record: OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, tomo@geo.tamu.edu
232-69:15 AM Were Local Ecological Interactions Linked to Secular Trends In Alpha Diversity In Level-Bottom Marine Communities?: BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, andrew.bush@uconn.edu, 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 29732
232-79:30 AM Escargot through Time: Comparative Energetics of Neogene and Early Mesozoic Gastropod Assemblages: FINNEGAN, Seth, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, sethf@stanford.edu, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, and MCCLAIN, Craig R., National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, 2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200, Durham, NC 27705
232-89:45 AM Insect Associational Dynamics Ninety Million Years Before Angiosperms: Questions, Approaches and Preliminary Methods: LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.1, ANDERSON, John M.2, CARVER, Ted1, ANDERSON, Heidi M.2, TSHIVHANDEKANO, Pfarelo2, and MAKHOLELA, Tsepang2, (1) Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandec@si.edu, (2) South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2 Cussonia Avenue, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
 10:00 AM Break
232-910:15 AM Time-Averaging Transfers Diversity from Beta to Alpha Levels: TOMAšOVÝCH, Adam, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, tomasovych@uchicago.edu and KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
232-1010:30 AM Differential Preservation of Marine Environments and Biased Diversity Trends: Modeling Effects and Empirical Validation: O'DONNELL, Matthew J., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 511 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, modonnell@geosc.psu.edu and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 503 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714
232-1110:45 AM Understanding How Lithification Acts as a Taphonomic Filter on Diversity, Abundance Distributions, and Body Size: a Case Study from the Early Paleocene of the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: SESSA, Jocelyn, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, jsessa@psu.edu, PATZKOWSKY, Mark, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 539 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, and BRALOWER, Timothy, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, State College, PA 16802
232-1211:00 AM Cenozoic Molluscan Diversification: Dissecting the Global Pattern to Reveal the Biotic Response to Regional Paleoenvironmental Controls: HENDY, Austin J.W., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, austin.hendy@yale.edu
232-1311:15 AM Local Expression of Global Change: Not All Regions Respond Equally: RENEMA, Willem, Geology, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, PO Box 9517, Leiden 2300 RA Netherlands, Renema@naturalis.nl

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