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2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 29
Sunday, 22 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany I: Macroecology and Fossil Abundance

 

Jocelyn Sessa and Philip M. Novack-Gottshall, Chairs
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1:30 PM
DISTINGUISHING AMONG THE FOUR OPEN HYPOTHESES FOR LONG-TERM TRENDS IN ECOSPACE DIVERSIFICATION: A NULL MODEL APPROACH
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118-3100, pnovackg@westga.edu, pnovackg@westga.edu
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1:45 PM
THE ECOLOGY OF TAXONOMIC TURNOVER: CHANGES IN THE LOCAL ABUNDANCE AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TAXA THROUGH TIME
PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 539 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714 and HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, brachio@geosc.psu.edu, brachio@geosc.psu.edu
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2:00 PM
SAMPLE, LOCALITY AND REGIONAL-LEVEL BIODIVERSITY: IMPLICATIONS OF AGGREGATING PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES
BULINSKI, Katherine V., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, bulinskv@email.uc.edu, bulinskv@email.uc.edu
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2:15 PM
HIERARCHICAL SAMPLING AND ADDITIVE DIVERSITY PARTITIONING ACROSS MULTIPLE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES: AN EXAMPLE WITH UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) BRACHIOPODS FROM THE SOUTHERN OZARK UPLIFT, NORTH AMERICA
HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, naheim@uga.edu, naheim@uga.edu
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2:30 PM
COORDINATED FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
BARTHOLOMEW, Alexander J., Geology, University of Cincinnati, Rm. 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, DESANTIS, Michael K., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and BAIRD, Gordon, Dept. of Geoscience, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, alexbartholomew_geo@hotmail.com, alexbartholomew_geo@hotmail.com
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2:45 PM
EXAMINING THE TROPICAL BIOTIC RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE ONSET OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE: A CASE STUDY USING CHESTERIAN BIOFACIES FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN, USA
BONELLI Jr, James R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 539 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, jbonelli@geosc.psu.edu, jbonelli@geosc.psu.edu
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3:00 PM
BEYOND THE VEIL: USING MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TO EXTEND FIELD-BASED ESTIMATES OF SPECIES RARITY
HARNIK, Paul G., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, pharnik@uchicago.edu, pharnik@uchicago.edu
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3:15 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE PALEOGENE GULF COASTAL PLAIN
SESSA, Jocelyn A., Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, 534 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, BRALOWER, Timothy, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, State College, PA 16802, IVANY, Linda, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 539 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, jsessa@geosc.psu.edu, jsessa@geosc.psu.edu
 
3:30 PM
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3:45 PM
THE FEW, THE BRAVE, THE MARINE: TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE OF NEOGENE BENTHIC ASSOCIATIONS
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, SCARPONI, Daniele2, BARBOUR WOOD, Susan1, ABERHAN, Martin3, KIESSLING, Wolfgang3 and FUERSICH, Franz T.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Earth Sciences, Univ of Bologna, via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (3)Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (4)Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Würzburg, Pleicherwall 1, Würzburg, 97070, Germany, michalk@vt.edu, michalk@vt.edu
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4:00 PM
TEN YEARS OF PICKING SHELLS: FAUNAL PATTERNS IN THE NEOGENE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA
BARBOUR WOOD, Susan L., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04091 and DALEY, Gwen M., Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732, sbarbour@vt.edu, sbarbour@vt.edu
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4:15 PM
RECOGNIZING PATCHY PALEOCOMMUNITY GRADIENTS WITH DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL ORDINATION TECHNIQUES (PCA AND FSPA): AN EXAMPLE FROM THE YORKTOWN FORMATION (PLIOCENE) OF VIRGINIA
DALEY, Gwen M., Department of Chemistry, Physics and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29730 and BUSH, Andrew M., Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, daleyg@winthrop.edu, daleyg@winthrop.edu
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4:30 PM
EXTREME FAUNAL MAKEOVER: ECOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMIC REORGANIZATION OF TROPICAL AMERICAN SCALLOPS
SMITH, J. Travis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244 and JACKSON, Jeremy B.C., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, j8smith@ucsd.edu, j8smith@ucsd.edu
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4:45 PM
THE IMPORTANCE OF ABUNDANCE DATA FOR RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT COMMUNITIES
LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill S., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92023-0244 and SMITH, J. Travis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, jsleonar@ucsd.edu, jsleonar@ucsd.edu
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5:00 PM
REEVALUATING THE UTILITY OF DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS AND NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING FOR ECOLOGICAL ORDINATION
HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 539 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, stratum@gly.uga.edu, stratum@gly.uga.edu
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5:15 PM
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS OVER THE PHANEROZOIC: EVIDENCE FOR ELEVATED COMPLEXITY OF POST-PALEOZOIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
WAGNER, Peter J., Department of Geology, Field Museum of Nat History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, KOSNIK, Matthew A., Marine Biology & Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia and LIDGARD, Scott, Geology, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, pwagner@fmnh.org, pwagner@fmnh.org
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