2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 181
Wednesday, 25 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany VIII: Preservational Bias and Experimental Taphonomy

 

Richard Krause Jr and Mairi Best, Chairs
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8:00 AM
MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIES-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN PRESERVABILITY ON RELATIVE ABUNDANCES IN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES
OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115, tomo@geo.tamu.edu, tomo@geo.tamu.edu
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8:15 AM
SIEVE MESH SIZE BIASES AND THE ECOLOGIC COMPOSITION OF FOSSIL SAMPLES
BUSH, Andrew M., Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, HOFFMEISTER, Alan P., Department of Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego, 7060 Route 104, Oswego, NY 13126, 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 29730, andrew.bush@uconn.edu, andrew.bush@uconn.edu
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8:30 AM
THE LIVE, THE DEAD, AND THE EXPECTED DEAD: MORTALITY AND TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN RECENT DEATH ASSEMBLAGES
ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, tarothfu@uchicago.edu, tarothfu@uchicago.edu
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8:45 AM
TAPHONOMIC INERTIA TO SHIFTING ECOLOGICAL BASELINES
KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, skidwell@uchicago.edu, skidwell@uchicago.edu
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9:00 AM
ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD: ASSESSMENT OF FAUNAL PATTERNS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY FROM CROSS BANK, FLORIDA BAY
FERGUSON, Chad Allen, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, ferguscd@email.uc.edu, ferguscd@email.uc.edu
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9:15 AM
SHELL FRAGMENTATION AS AN INDICATOR OF BENTHIC CONDITIONS
BEST, Mairi M.R.1, BIBEAU, Karine1, SPITZBERG, Daniel2, THOMAS, Ellen3, VAREKAMP, Johan4 and BERNATIS, Jennifer5, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, (2)McGill School of the Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (4)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT 06459, (5)Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st St, Gainesville, FL 32653, kakaok2_360@yahoo.com, kakaok2_360@yahoo.com
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9:30 AM
HISTORICAL BASELINES FOR PREDATION IN SALT MARSHES: CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS
DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, gregory.dietl@yale.edu, gregory.dietl@yale.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
INFERRING DIET OF CRABS USING WEAR PATTERNS ON CLAWS
AGNEW, Jeffrey G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and ANDERSON, Laurie C., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, agnew@geol.lsu.edu, agnew@geol.lsu.edu
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10:15 AM
DETECTING AVIAN PREDATION ON BIVALVE ASSEMBLAGES USING INDIRECT METHODS
STEMPIEN, Jennifer A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jstempie@vt.edu, jstempie@vt.edu
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10:30 AM
HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF DRILLHOLES ON POST-MORTEM TRANSPORT OF BIVALVE SHELLS
CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya, Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, India, MILLER, Daniel J., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, devapriya@iiserkol.ac.in, devapriya@iiserkol.ac.in
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10:45 AM
TAPHONOMY ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE: EIGHT-YEAR TRENDS—GULF OF MEXICO AND BAHAMAS
POWELL, Eric N.1, CALLENDER, W. Russell2, STAFF, George M.3, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla4, BRETT, Carlton5, WALKER, Sally6, RAYMOND, Anne7 and ASHTON-ALCOX, Kathryn A.1, (1)Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, (2)Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (3)Geology Dept, Austin Community College, 11928 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, TX 78758, (4)Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, (5)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (6)Geology Dept, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (7)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, eric@hsrl.rutgers.edu, eric@hsrl.rutgers.edu
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11:00 AM
THE FATE OF WOOD IN MARINE SILICICLASTIC ENVIRONMENTS: A COMPARISON OF PETROLEUM SEEP AND NON-SEEP ENVIRONMENTS
RAYMOND, Anne1, METZ, Cheryl1, WALKER, Sally2, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla3, POWELL, Eric N.4, BRETT, Carlton5, ASHTON-ALCOX, Kathryn A.4, STAFF, George M.6 and CALLENDER, W. Russell7, (1)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (2)Geology Dept, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (3)Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, (4)Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, (5)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (6)Geology Dept, Austin Community College, 11928 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, TX 78758, (7)Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, raymond@geo.tamu.edu, raymond@geo.tamu.edu
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11:15 AM
HOW LONG DOES OYSTER SHELL LAST ON AN OYSTER REEF?
ASHTON-ALCOX, Kathryn A., POWELL, Eric N. and KRAEUTER, John N., Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, kathryn@hsrl.rutgers.edu, kathryn@hsrl.rutgers.edu
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11:30 AM
AGE MIXING AMONG SYMPATRIC BIVALVES AND BRACHIOPODS FROM THE BRAZILIAN SOUTH ATLANTIC
KRAUSE Jr, Richard A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, BARBOUR WOOD, Susan, Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, SIMOES, Marcello G., Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, Brazil, KAUFMAN, Darrell, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, ROMANEK, Christopher S., Dept. of Geology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802 and WEHMILLER, John F., Department of Geology, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, rkrause@vt.edu, rkrause@vt.edu