Session: Ocean Acidification and Other Societally Relevant Environmental Changes: Using the Past to Infer Our Future (Cushman Session) (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T21. Ocean Acidification and Other Societally Relevant Environmental Changes: Using the Past to Infer Our Future (Cushman Session)

GSA Geology and Society Division; Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

Joan M. Bernhard and Michael Martínez-Colón, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:45 PM

MARINE ECOSYSTEM HISTORY: MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGES AND HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES

YASUHARA, Moriaki, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB, MRC 121, Washington DC, DC 20013-7012, moriakiyasuhara@gmail.com, moriakiyasuhara@gmail.com

2:00 PM

OSTRACODE MG/CA PALEOTHERMOMETRY: APPLICATIONS TO PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

CRONIN, Thomas M.¹, DWYER, Gary², FARMER, Jesse¹ and YASUHARA, Moriaki³, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (3)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB, MRC 121, Washington DC, DC 20013-7012, tcronin@usgs.gov, tcronin@usgs.gov

2:20 PM

FORAMINIFERAL ECOLOGY IN AN UNDERWATER CAVE: TOWARDS A NEW METHOD FOR OBTAINING CAVE-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS

VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J.¹, SCOTT, David B.², KINGSTON, Andrew W.³ and PATTERSON, William P.³, (1)Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie University, 8 Edzel Castle Circle, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, (2)Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie University, 8 Edzel Castle Circle, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, vanhengstum@dal.ca, vanhengstum@dal.ca

2:40 PM

MULTIPLE LEVELS OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNAL RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-ORGANIC, DYSOXIC SHALLOW-WATER BENTHOS DURING EARLY MIOCENE WARMING (ASTORIA FORMATION, OREGON)

BELANGER, Christina L., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, belanger@uchicago.edu, belanger@uchicago.edu

2:55 PM

THE LABRADOR SEA-A CONVERGENCE AREA FOR NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER MASSES: 1 MILLION YEAR RECORD OF BOTTOM WATER CHANGES DERIVED FROM THE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL RECORD

SCOTT, D.B., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1 Edsel Drive, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada and GRIFFITHS, Julie L., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Life Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, dbscott@dal.ca, dbscott@dal.ca

3:10 PM

Withdrawn

3:25 PM

Break

3:40 PM

IMPACT OF ELEVATED pCO₂ on SURVIVAL AND TEST STRUCTURE OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA

MCINTYRE-WRESSNIG, Anna¹, BERNHARD, Joan M.¹, MCCORKLE, Daniel C.¹ and HALLOCK, Pamela², (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, amcintyrewressnig@whoi.edu, amcintyrewressnig@whoi.edu

3:55 PM

MODERN SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION: THE RESPONSE OF FORAMINIFERA TO HIGH CO2 CONDITIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND PTEROPODS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA

HART, Malcolm Barrie¹, DIAS, Bruna², SMART, Christopher W.³, WALL-PALMER, Deborah⁴, HAYDEN, Joe⁴ and HALL-SPENCER, Jason M.⁵, (1)School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, (2)Laboratorio de Oceanografia Costeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, 88040-900, Brazil, (3)School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, (4)School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, (5)School of Marine Science & Engineering, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, mhart@plymouth.ac.uk, mhart@plymouth.ac.uk

4:15 PM

INFLUENCE OF A SHALLOW-WATER HYDROTHERMAL VENT SYSTEM AT AMBITLE ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, ON BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES

HALLOCK, Pamela¹, MCCLOSKEY, Bryan J.², ENGEL, Brienne E.¹, PRICE, Roy E.³ and PICHLER, Thomas⁴, (1)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)USGS, Coastal and Marine Science Center, 600 4th St. South, St Petersburg, FL 33701, (3)MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Science, Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 5 - Geowissenschaften, Postfach 330 440, Bremen, D-28359, Germany, (4)Geochemie und Hydrogeologie, Universität Bremen, FB Geowissenschaften, Postfach 330 440, Bremen, D-28334, Germany, pmuller@marine.usf.edu, pmuller@marine.usf.edu

4:30 PM

THE PRESERVATION OF PTEROPODS FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA AS AN INDICATOR OF PAST OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

WALL-PALMER, Deborah, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, SMART, Christopher W., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom and HART, Malcolm Barrie, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, mhart@plymouth.ac.uk, mhart@plymouth.ac.uk

4:45 PM

CORAL CONSTRAINTS ON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY, A POTENTIAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EVENT

MARTINDALE, Rowan¹, BERELSON, William M.², CORSETTI, Frank A.², BOTTJER, David² and WEST, A. Joshua², (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0470, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, rmartind@usc.edu, rmartind@usc.edu

5:00 PM

PILOT STUDY USING FORAMINIFERA TO ASSESS AND MONITOR THE HEALTH OF PUGET SOUND

MARTIN, Ruth A., Earth and Space Sciences Department/Burke Museum, Univ of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010 and NESBITT, Elizabeth, Seattle, WA 09195, ruthm2@u.washington.edu, ruthm2@u.washington.edu

5:15 PM

Concluding Remarks

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