GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 190
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 604 (Washington State Convention Center)

D9. Paleontology, Conservation Paleobiology

Kristopher M. Kusnerik and Rowan Lockwood, Chairs
8:00 AM
TRACKING CHANGES IN THE HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF FLORIDA’S RIVERS USING RECENT AND FOSSIL FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS
KUSNERIK, Kristopher M.1, MEANS, Guy2, PORTELL, Roger W.1 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Florida Geological Survey, 3000 Commonwealth Boulevard, Suite 1, Tallahassee, FL 32303, kmkusnerik@ufl.edu
8:15 AM
RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF KANE'OHE BAY (HAWAII) USING SURFICIAL MOLLUSK-DOMINATED SHELL ACCUMULATIONS
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, KUSNERIK, Kristopher M.2, BEMIS, Amanda3, SLAPCINSKY, John D.3 and PAULAY, Gustav1, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, kowalewski@ufl.edu
8:30 AM
NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES VERSUS ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA DURING THE HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION
ZUSCHIN, Martin1, GALLMETZER, Ivo1, HASELMAIR, Alexandra1, STACHOWITSCH, Michael2 and TOMASOVYCH, Adam3, (1)Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, (2)Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, (3)Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 84005, Slovakia, martin.zuschin@univie.ac.at
8:45 AM
BEYOND WATER DEPTH: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON SHALLOW SUBTIDAL MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITIONS ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
BROWN, Garett M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and LARINA, Ekaterina, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, gmb41807@uga.edu
 
9:00 AM
Break
9:15 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION OF TURRITELLINE GASTROPOD-DOMINATED ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION (UPPER EOCENE), SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA
KHAN, Tasnuva Ming, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850; Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, ANDERSON, Brendan M., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, ALLMON, Warren, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumanburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and STILWELL, Jeffrey D, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia, tfk27@cornell.edu
9:30 AM
MOLLUSCAN PALEOECOLOGY AND SUBSTRATE AFFINITIES ON THE MID-ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF
THOMPSON, Carmi Milagros, Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL 32611, LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187 and RAMSEY, Kelvin W., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, rxlock@wm.edu
9:45 AM
POLLUTION, GROWTH RATES, AND CONSERVATION OF RED SEA GIANT CLAMS USING ISOTOPE SCLEROCHRONOLOGY
KILLAM, Daniel, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Dept of Earth Science, Univ. of Calif. Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077, dekillam@ucsc.edu
10:00 AM
CONCH FRITTERS THROUGH TIME: HUMAN PREDATION AND POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS OF STROMBUS GIGAS, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
RUGA, Mikaela R. and HUNTLEY, John Warren, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, mrrz7b@mail.missouri.edu
10:15 AM
UNSUSPECTED LOSS OF SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES BASED ON MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: HISTORIC BASELINE SHIFT IN THE TROPICAL GULF OF EILAT (AQABA), RED SEA
EDELMAN-FURSTENBERG, Yael, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Yisrael St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, GILAD, Ehud, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Yisrael St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel; Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel and BENAYAHU, Yehuda, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel, yael@gsi.gov.il
 
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
MOLLUSK DEATH ASSEMBLAGES AS A BASELINE FOR ASSESSING COMMUNITY SHIFTS IN ARTIFICIAL REEFS: A COMPARISON OF DEAD AND LIVING MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES IN THE SUWANNEE REGIONAL REEF SYSTEM, FLORIDA
TENNAKOON, Shamindri Dinusha, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, LINDBERG, William, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, University of Florida, 136 Newins-Ziegler Hall, PO Box 110410, Gainesville, FL 32611 and KOWALEWSKI, Michał, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, stennakoon@ufl.edu
11:00 AM
USING BIVALVE LIVE-DEAD MISMATCH TO EVALUATE THE FOOTPRINT OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER IN MARINE WATERS, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
KIDWELL, Susan M.1, MEADOWS, Caitlin A.1, LOWE, Christopher J.2, LYONS, Shirley2, MACDONALD, Tara A.3, ESQUIVEL, Kenzo1, HARALDSDOTTIR, Eva1 and VISHNY, David1, (1)Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Capital Regional District, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1R7, Canada, (3)Biologica Environmental Services Ltd., 488-F Bay Street, Victoria, BC V8T 5H2, Canada, skidwell@uchicago.edu
11:15 AM
HIGH-LATITUDE, BIOMASS, AND RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE: TESTING THE POWER OF LIVE DEAD DISCORDANCE IN THE PACIFIC ARCTIC
MEADOWS, Caitlin A., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, meadowsc@uchicago.edu
11:30 AM
ESTIMATING THE DURATION OF STRATIGRAPHICALLY CONDENSED MIOCENE MARINE SHELL BEDS USING STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY (CALVERT CLIFFS, MD): IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
ZIMMT, Joshua B., Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187 and THIRLWALL, Matthew, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, josh_zimmt@berkeley.edu
11:45 AM
TRAINING TOMORROW’S CONSERVATION PALEOBIOLOGISTS TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY IN THE CONSERVATION WORLD
KELLEY, Patricia H., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and VISAGGI, Christy C., Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 3965, Atlanta, GA 30302, kelleyp@uncw.edu
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