CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 231
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T62. Frontiers in Foraminiferal Research I: Biology/Ecology/Paleoecology

Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); SEPM North American Micropaleontology Section; Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Pamela Hallock and Susan T. Goldstein, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:10 AM
IS FORAMINIFERAL DENITRIFICATION PERFORMED BY THE EUKARYOTE OR BY PROKARYOTIC ASSOCIATES?
BERNHARD, Joan M.1, EDGCOMB, Virginia P.1, CASCIOTTI, Karen L.2, MCILVIN, Matthew R.3 and BEAUDOIN, David J.4, (1)Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (4)Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jbernhard@whoi.edu, jbernhard@whoi.edu
2
8:30 AM
DETERMINATION OF THE METABOLICALLY ACTIVE FRACTION OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA BY MEANS OF FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH)
BORRELLI, Chiara1, SABBATINI, Anna2, LUNA, Gian Marco2, NARDELLI, Maria Pia2, SBAFFI, Tomasa2, MORIGI, Caterina3, DANOVARO, Roberto2 and NEGRI, Alessandra2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th street, Troy, NY 12180, (2)Department of Marine Science, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, 60122, Italy, (3)Stratigraphy, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen K, 1350, Denmark, borrec@rpi.edu, borrec@rpi.edu
3
8:45 AM
ECOLOGY AND HABITS OF TEMPERATE SALT MARSH FORAMINIFERA AND ASSOCIATED MEIOFAUNA FROM A LABORATORY SALT MARSH SYSTEM
FRAIL-GAUTHIER, Jennifer L., Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, SCOTT, D.B., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1 Edsel Drive, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada and ROMANUK, Tamara N., Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, JFRAIL@DAL.CA, JFRAIL@DAL.CA
4
9:00 AM
FORAMINIFERAL ECOTOXICOLOGY: CONSIDERING METAL SPECIATION
MARTÍNEZ-COLÓN, Michael and EASLEY, Regina, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, mmartin8@mail.usf.edu, mmartin8@mail.usf.edu
5
9:15 AM
TREE-THINKING AND MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES OF FORAMINIFERA: WHERE DO FOSSILS FIT in?
RICHARDSON, Susan L., Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, 5353 Parkside Drive, RF-109, Jupiter, FL 33458, richards@fau.edu, richards@fau.edu
6
9:30 AM
FORAMINIFERA IN 3D
THOMAS, Ellen, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, FOSTER, Laura, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, HUSSAINI, Bushra M., Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, LANDMAN, Neil H., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192 and SCHMIDT, Daniela N., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, ellen.thomas@yale.edu, ellen.thomas@yale.edu
 
9:50 AM
Discussion
 
10:00 AM
Break
7
10:15 AM
PROPAGULES OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AND THE OFFSHORE DISPERSAL OF MODERN SHALLOW-WATER TAXA
GOLDSTEIN, Susan T.1, EDGCOMB, Virginia P.2 and BERNHARD, Joan M.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, sgoldst@gly.uga.edu, sgoldst@gly.uga.edu
8
10:30 AM
LIFE HISTORY AND DISPERSAL IN FORAMINIFERA
LIPPS, Jere H., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and GOLDSTEIN, Susan T., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, jlipps@berkeley.edu, jlipps@berkeley.edu
9
10:45 AM
HOME IS WHERE YOUR NICHE IS – SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS IN FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH
WEINMANN, Anna E., University of Bonn, Steinmann Institute, Nussallee 8, Bonn, 53115, Germany, LANGER, Martin R., University of Bonn, Steinmann Institut, Nussallee 8, Bonn, 53115, Germany, LÖTTERS, Stefan, University of Trier, Biogeography Department, Trier, 54286, Germany and RÖDDER, Dennis, Zoologisches Forschungsmusem Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 53113, Germany, weinmann@uni-bonn.de, weinmann@uni-bonn.de
10
11:00 AM
INVASIVE FORAMINIFERA IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING LARGER FORAMINIFERAL-DOMINATED BIOFACIES IN THE CENOZOIC
HALLOCK, Pamela1, TRIANTAPHYLLOU, Maria V.2, DIMIZA, Margarita D.2 and KOUKOUSIOURA, Olga2, (1)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)Department of Historical Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15784, Athens, 15784, Greece, pmuller@marine.usf.edu, pmuller@marine.usf.edu
11
11:15 AM
LATE PALEOZOIC FUSULINOIDEAN GIGANTISM DRIVEN BY ATMOSPHERIC HYPEROXIA
PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, GROVES, John R.2, JOST, Adam B.3, NGUYEN, Thienan4, MYHRE, Sarah B.5, HILL, Tessa M.5 and SKOTHEIM, Jan M.6, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335, (3)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (4)Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (5)Dept of Geology, Univ of California Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (6)Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, jlpayne@stanford.edu, jlpayne@stanford.edu
12
11:30 AM
WITHIN- AND AMONG-GENUS COMPONENTS OF FORAMINIFERAN SIZE DYNAMICS DURING MASS EXTINCTION, RECOVERY, AND BACKGROUND INTERVALS
REGO, Brianna L., Life Sciences Foundation, One Embarcadero Center, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111, WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, ALTINER, Demir, Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, scwang@swarthmore.edu, scwang@swarthmore.edu
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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