Session No. 6
Monday, 12 March 2001: 8:30 AM-10:15 AM
T8. Paleoecology and Paleobiology of Oxygen Controlled Faunas (Sponsored by Paleontological Society)
Christopher McRoberts and David Lehmann, Advocates
8:30 AM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF A MODERN ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ANCIENT ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS
VACCO, David A.1, SHELDON, Amy L.
1 and OVER, D. Jeffrey
2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, State Univ of New York at Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, dav1@geneseo.edu, dav1@geneseo.edu
9:10 AM
MIDDLE PALEOZOIC DYSOXIC FAUNAS AND ECOLOGICAL-EVOLUTIONARY TURNOVER EVENTS: A MIDDLE DEVONIAN CASE STUDY
HARNIK, Paul G.1, BRETT, Carlton E.
2 and ROSS, Robert M.
1, (1)Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1313, (2)Department of Geology, Cincinnati, OH 45221, pgh3@cornell.edu, pgh3@cornell.edu
9:30 AM
OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS AND PLANKTON EVOLUTION: EXPLORING BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE MID-CRETACEOUS
LECKIE, R. Mark1, BRALOWER, Timothy
2 and CASHMAN, Richard
1, (1)Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Geology, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, mleckie@geo.umass.edu, mleckie@geo.umass.edu