2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 181
Tuesday, 18 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T78. Habitat Partitioning above, on and within the Substrate

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

A.A. Ekdale and Leif M. Tapanila, Advocates
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1:30 PM
LIFE BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR: PALEOECOLOGY OF TIERED ICHNOCOENOSES IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111 and TAPANILA, Leif, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, ekdale@earth.utah.edu, ekdale@earth.utah.edu
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1:45 PM
A HARD ROCK LIFE: THE GUILD CONCEPT IN UNDERSTANDING ORGANISMS THAT EXPLOIT THE ENDOLITHIC HABITAT
TAPANILA, Leif, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072 and EKDALE, Allan A., Univ Utah, 135 S 1460 E Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, ltapanila@hotmail.com, ltapanila@hotmail.com
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2:00 PM
HOW BIOEROSION AND SEAWATER GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES HAVE MADE AND DESTROYED MARINE SCLEROBIONT NICHES
WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691 and PALMER, Timothy J., The Palaeontological Association, c/o Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, mwilson@wooster.edu, mwilson@wooster.edu
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2:15 PM
NICHE PARTITIONING AMONG ENDOLITHIC GASTROCHAENID BIVALVES
CARTER, Joseph G. and MCDOWELL, Trent A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, clams@email.unc.edu, clams@email.unc.edu
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2:30 PM
BORED BRYOZOANS FROM THE ORDOVICIAN OF ESTONIA: A BIOLOGICAL REINTERPRETATION OF THE ICHNOGENUS SANCTUM ERICKSON AND BOUCHARD, 2003
WYSE JACKSON, Patrick N.1, KEY Jr, Marcus M., Jr2 and BURNS, Michael E.2, (1)Dept. of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland, (2)Dept. of Geology, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle, PA 17013-2896, wysjcknp@tcd.ie, wysjcknp@tcd.ie
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2:45 PM
SPATIAL COMPETITION IN MARINE HARD SUBSTRATE COMMUNITIES: AN OVERVIEW
LIDDELL, W. David, Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, davel@cc.usu.edu, davel@cc.usu.edu
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3:00 PM
ENCRUSTING BIONT GUILD DISTRIBUTION ON EUPHOTIC TO APHOTIC HARD SURFACES IN THE MODERN GULF OF MEXICO AND BAHAMAS
PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221, POWELL, Eric N., Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349 and JONES, Donna Carlson, Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, Karla.Hubbard@Oberlin.edu, Karla.Hubbard@Oberlin.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
HABITAT PARTITIONING AND TIERING IN TROPICAL INTERTIDAL CALLIANASSID MOUNDS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BAHAMAS
CURRAN, H. Allen, Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, acurran@smith.edu, acurran@smith.edu
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3:45 PM
PALEOBIOLOGICAL AND TAPHONOMIC STUDY OF TWO MIOCENE SOUTH ATLANTIC SHELF BOTTOM COMMUNITIES DOMINATED BY CRABS
CASADÍO, Silvio, Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Lobo y Belgrano, Roca, 8332, Argentina, CRAWFORD, Robert S., Department of Geology, Kent State Universitiy, Kent, OH 44242, FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, GRIFFIN, Miguel, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Uruguay 151, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, 6300, Argentina, PARRAS, Ana, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Uruguay 151, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, 6300, Argentina and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue, Canton, OH 44720, rfeldman@kent.edu, rfeldman@kent.edu
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4:00 PM
SHIFTS IN FAUNAL ABUNDANCE AND SKELETAL CARBONATE GRAIN CONTENT OF NORMAL MARINE SOFT SUBSTRATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION, WESTERN UNITED STATES
PHELPS, William T., Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, phelpw01@student.ucr.edu, phelpw01@student.ucr.edu
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4:15 PM
ECOSPACE UTILIZATION IN EARLY PHANEROZOIC DEEP-MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: DEEP BIOTURBATION IN THE BLAKELY SANDSTONE (MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN), ARKANSAS, U.S.A
ORR, Patrick J., Department of Geology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, patrick.orr@ucd.ie, patrick.orr@ucd.ie
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4:30 PM
EPIBETHIC TO ENDOBENTHIC TRANSITIONS
MCKINNEY, Frank K., Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608 and HAGEMAN, Steven J., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, hagemansj@appstate.edu, hagemansj@appstate.edu
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4:45 PM
EVOLUTION ON FLEXIBLE HARD SUBSTRATES: METAZOAN ADAPTATIONS FOR LIFE ON SEAGRASSES
HICKMAN, Carole S., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, caroleh@socrates.berkeley.edu, caroleh@socrates.berkeley.edu
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5:00 PM
MOLLUSCAN TAPHONOMY AS A PROXY FOR RECOGNIZING FOSSIL SEAGRASS BEDS
LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill S., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92023-0208 and ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, jsleonar@ucsd.edu, jsleonar@ucsd.edu
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5:15 PM
USE OF TAPHONOMIC DATA ALONG WITH SPECIES COMPOSITION AS PROXIES FOR GRASS-BED CHARACTERISTICS: LARGE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA, SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS
BUCHAN, Olivia Claire, Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 and LEWIS, Ronald D., Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, buchaoc@auburn.edu, buchaoc@auburn.edu
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