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2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 43
Sunday, 22 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T118. Biotic Response to Global Environmental Change: Analogs for the Future of Life on Earth

Paleontological Society

 

Margaret L. Fraiser, Advocates
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1:30 PM
LIFE IN AN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF NEOTOMA IN DEATH VALLEY, CA
SMITH, Felisa A., Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, fasmith@unm.edu, fasmith@unm.edu
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1:45 PM
CALCAREOUS MICROFOSSIL RECORDS OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: A "CRYSTAL BALL" FOR GAUGING FUTURE BIOTIC CHANGE CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION?
KELLY, D. Clay, Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu
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2:05 PM
DRAMATIC DECREASE OF THE PELAGIC CARBONATE PRODUCTION BY NANNOPLANKTON ACROSS THE EARLY TOARCIAN ANOXIC EVENT
MATTIOLI, Emanuela1, PITTET, Bernard2 and SUAN, Guillaume1, (1)UMR 5125 CNRS PaléoEnvironnements & PaléobioSpère, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon1, 2, rue R. Dubois, Villeurbanne Cedex, 69622, France, (2)UMR 5125 CNRS Paléoenvironnements & PaléobioSphère, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon1, 2, rue R. Dubois, Villeurbanne Cedex, 69622, France, mattioli@univ-lyon1.fr, mattioli@univ-lyon1.fr
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2:25 PM
DECOUPLED DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY DURING THE END-GUADALUPIAN EXTINCTION (LATE PERMIAN)
CLAPHAM, Matthew E.1, BOTTJER, David1 and SHEN, Shuzhong2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, clapham@usc.edu, clapham@usc.edu
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2:40 PM
A NEW ROLE FOR ELEVATED CO2 IN THE PROLONGED PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BIOTIC CRISIS
FRAISER, Margaret L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90254, mfraiser@uwm.edu, mfraiser@uwm.edu
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2:55 PM
ONSHORE-OFFSHORE DISTRIBUTION OF PERMIAN TO JURASSIC BRYOZOANS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNATURE OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC AND TRIASSIC-JURASSIC MASS EXTINCTIONS
POWERS, Catherine M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, ZHS 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089, jamet@usc.edu, jamet@usc.edu
 
3:10 PM
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3:25 PM
INCREASED INSECT HERBIVORY DURING THE LATEST PALEOCENE AND PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING, USA
CURRANO, Ellen D.1, WILF, Peter2, WING, Scott L.3 and LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Penn State, 534 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Geosciences, Penn State, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, ecurrano@geosc.psu.edu, ecurrano@geosc.psu.edu
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3:40 PM
BIOTIC RESPONSE TO SHORT TERM CLIMATIC CHANGES RECOGNIZED IN THE MIDDLE EOCENE OF BLAKE NOSE, WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC
UDEZE, Chioma1, FIRTH, John2, OLSZWESKI, Thomas1 and THOMAS, Deborah J.3, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77840, (2)Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77845, (3)Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3146, cudeze@geo.tamu.edu, cudeze@geo.tamu.edu
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3:55 PM
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE TO ICEHOUSE AND BACK AGAIN: THE ORIGIN AND FUTURE OF THE BOREAL FOREST BIOME
TAGGART, Ralph E. and CROSS, Aureal T., Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI 48824, taggart@msu.edu, taggart@msu.edu
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4:10 PM
TROPICAL AMERICAN CORBULIDS: A NEW SOURCE OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
GOODWIN, David, Department of Geosciences, Denison University, FW Olin Science Hall, 100 Sunset Hill Drive, Granville, OH 43023, ANDERSON, Laurie C., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Bldg, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, goodwind@denison.edu, goodwind@denison.edu
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4:25 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE GASTROPODS FROM ALLUVIUM IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN
KUCHTA, Matt1, GEARY, Dana2 and SLAUGHTER, Richard2, (1)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 w dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, mk@geology.wisc.edu, mk@geology.wisc.edu
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4:40 PM
FALLACIES OF THE DISHARMONIOUS INDEX AND RELEVANCE OF QUATERNARY NON-ANALOGUE MAMMAL FAUNAS FOR FUTURE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE
GRAHAM, Russell Wm., Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 19 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, rgraham@ems.psu.edu, rgraham@ems.psu.edu
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4:55 PM
TOLERANCE OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA TO SEVERELY ELEVATED CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS: IMPLICATIONS TO FUTURE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS
BERNHARD, Joan M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #52, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jbernhard@whoi.edu, jbernhard@whoi.edu
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5:10 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY OR CHANGE ? COMBINING METHODOLOGIES FROM A BIODIVERSE AREA
MARCHANT, Rob A., Environment, The University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom, rm524@york.ac.uk, rm524@york.ac.uk
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