2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 198
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 314 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T190. Paleoecological Patterns, Ecological Processes, Modeled Scenarios: Crossing Temporal Scales to Understand an Uncertain Future

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; AASP - The Palynological Society; Canadian Association of Palynology; GSA Limnogeology Division; Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology Discipline; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society
Miriam C. Jones, Simon Goring and Debra A. Willard, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
MULTIDECADAL-TO-CENTENNIAL SCALE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS DURING TIMES OF ABRUPT HOLOCENE VEGETATION CHANGE
BOOTH, Robert K., Earth & Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, rkb205@lehigh.edu
8:25 AM
RECONSTRUCTING THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL OUTCOMES OF LANDSCAPE DISTURBANCES USING LAKE SEDIMENT RECORDS
MORRIS III, Jesse L., Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS1133, Moscow, ID 83844, jlmorris@uidaho.edu
8:45 AM
LATE HOLOCENE ECOLOGICAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE FROM PEAT RECORDS IN THE WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
STELLING, Jonathan M.1, YU, Zicheng1, BEILMAN, David W.2 and LOISEL, Julie3, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)Department of Geography, University of Hawaii - Manoa, 445 Saunders Hall, 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, (3)Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California - Los Angeles, La Kretz Hall, suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496, jmsa14@lehigh.edu
9:00 AM
HOW MUCH OF THE PALEOECOLOGICAL RECORD HAS NO ANALOGUE AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION?
GORING, Simon1, WILLIAMS, John W.2, SALONEN, J Sakari3 and LUOTO, Miska3, (1)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland, goring@wisc.edu
9:15 AM
A BAYESIAN METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING GRAPTOLITE BIOTOPES
BOYLE, James T., Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 126 Cooke Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260, SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, GOLDMAN, Daniel, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469 and MITCHELL, Charles, E., Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, jamesboy@buffalo.edu
9:30 AM
COMBINING MARINE MACROECOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY IN BIODIVERSITY ANALYSES: MICROFOSSILS AS A MODEL
YASUHARA, Moriaki, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, NA, Hong Kong, TITTENSOR, Derek P., United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, United Kingdom, HILLEBRAND, Helmut, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, 26382, Germany and WORM, Boris, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, moriakiyasuhara@gmail.com
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF AFRICAN FORESTS: INFERENCES FROM MODELS AND LAKE MUDS
IVORY, Sarah, Institute at Brown for the Study of Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, EARLY, Regan, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom, SAX, Dov, Institute at Brown for the Study of Environment and Society, Providence, RI 02912 and RUSSELL, James M., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, sarah_ivory@brown.edu
10:20 AM
EVOLUTION OF THE NIGER DELTA MARGIN DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE: NEW PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
ADOJOH, Onema, Environmetal Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, FABIENNE, Marret, Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, DULLER, Robert, Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L 69 3GP, United Kingdom and OSTERLOFF, Peter, Stratigraphy, Shell UK Limited, Aberdeen, AB12 3FY, United Kingdom, onema.adojoh@liverpool.ac.uk
10:35 AM
ANCIENT DNA FROM ALASKA'S EXTINCT PLEISTOCENE MUSK OXEN: PHYLOGENETICS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS REVEAL A UNIQUE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
WEST, Abagael R., Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY 10025; American Museum of Natural History, Division of Paleontology, New York, NY 10024, awest@amnh.org
10:50 AM
STABLE ISOTOPES IN LARGE HERBIVORE TOOTH ENAMEL SHOW MID-MIOCENE SOAKING OF CENTRAL OREGON
DREWICZ, Amanda E., Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, KOHN, Matthew J., Dept. of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725 and FREMD, Ted, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, 32651 Hwy. 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, amandadrewicz@u.boisestate.edu
11:05 AM
TESTING CLIMATE'S EFFECT ON OYSTER LIFE HISTORY USING GEOHISTORICAL RECORDS
DURHAM, Stephen R., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, srd77@cornell.edu
11:20 AM
APPLICATION OF HOLOCENE PALEO-SALINITY ESTIMATES TO EVERGLADES RESTORATION PERFORMANCE MEASURES
WINGARD, G. Lynn, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center 926A, Reston, VA 20192, HUDLEY, Joel W., Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, STACKHOUSE, Bethany L., U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, MARSHALL, Frank E., Cetacean Logic Foundation, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169 and PITTS, Patrick A., US Fish & Wildlife, Vero Beach, FL 32960, lwingard@usgs.gov
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