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Southeastern Section - 61st Annual Meeting (1–2 April 2012)

Session No. 27
Monday, 2 April 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Grand Ballroom, Salon C2 (Marriott Rennaissance)

T15. Conservation Paleobiology: Using the Fossil Record to Improve Living Species Conservation

 

Michael L. McKinney and Rowan Lockwood, Advocates
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1:30 PM
ANTHROPOGENIC AND BATHYMETRIC DETERMINANTS OF MARINE BENTHIC ASSOCIATIONS IN COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, TYLER, Carrie L.1, MACK, Kyle1 and HENDY, Austin, J.W.2, (1)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Center for Tropical Palaeontology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, michalk@vt.edu, michalk@vt.edu
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1:50 PM
ONSHORE-OFFSHORE TRENDS IN MARINE MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN THE PRESENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS
TYLER, Carrie L., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611 and HENDY, Austin, J.W., Center for Tropical Palaeontology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, ctylersa@vt.edu, ctylersa@vt.edu
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2:10 PM
THE “RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION” PROGRAM: TRAINING THE FIRST GENERATION OF CONSERVATION PALEOBIOLOGISTS
KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944 and DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu
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2:30 PM
PRESERVATIONAL BIAS AND TIME AVERAGING IN BENTHIC MOLLUSKS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY: IMPLICATIONS FOR ESTABLISHING BASELINES FOR RESTORATION
LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, rxlock@wm.edu, rxlock@wm.edu
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2:50 PM
EFFECTS OF COAL MINING ON SURVIVORSHIP AND TAPHONOMY OF THE ASIAN CLAM
MINCY, Grant, Geology Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 and MCKINNEY, Michael L., Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, gmincy@gmail.com, gmincy@gmail.com
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN ICHNOLOGY AND INVASION ECOLOGY ON THE GEORGIA BARRIER ISLANDS, WITH APPLICATIONS TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu
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3:50 PM
CONSERVATION ECOLOGY IN THE IRVINGTONIAN: WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE (LATE IRVINGTONIAN) CAMELOT LOCAL FAUNA, DORCHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
WILLIAMS, Daniel Ryan, Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesoboro, GA 30460, danwilliams@georgiasouthern.edu, danwilliams@georgiasouthern.edu
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4:10 PM
MAMMALIAN RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: CONSERVATION LESSONS FROM DEEP-TIME EXPERIMENTS
DESANTIS, Larisa R.G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, larisa.desantis@vanderbilt.edu, larisa.desantis@vanderbilt.edu
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4:30 PM
LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN A CONSERVATION HOTSPOT: THE VERTEBRATE FOSSIL RECORD OF NEW CALEDONIA
BOYER, Alison G., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1610 and JAMES, Helen F., Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, alison.boyer@utk.edu, alison.boyer@utk.edu
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4:50 PM
CONSERVATION PALEOBIOLOGY IN THE COMING DECADES
DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, FLESSA, Karl W., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Room 208, Tucson, AZ 85721, JACKSON, Stephen T., Department of Botany - Box 3165, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3165, KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and KOCH, Paul L., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, gpd3@cornell.edu, gpd3@cornell.edu
 
5:10 PM
Discussion
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