Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

TRACKING CHANGES IN THE HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF FLORIDA’S RIVERS USING RECENT AND FOSSIL FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS

Kristopher M. Kusnerik, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Guy Means, Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL and Roger W. Portell, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

301269 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF KANE'OHE BAY (HAWAII) USING SURFICIAL MOLLUSK-DOMINATED SHELL ACCUMULATIONS

Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Kristopher M. Kusnerik, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Amanda Bemis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and John D. Slapcinsky, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Gustav Paulay, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

301540 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES VERSUS ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA DURING THE HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION

Martin Zuschin, University of Vienna, Vienna and Ivo Gallmetzer, University of Vienna, Vienna and Alexandra Haselmair, University of Vienna, Vienna and Michael Stachowitsch, University of Vienna, Vienna and Adam Tomasovych, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

303762 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

BEYOND WATER DEPTH: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON SHALLOW SUBTIDAL MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITIONS ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS

Garett M. Brown, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Ekaterina Larina, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

305581 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION OF TURRITELLINE GASTROPOD-DOMINATED ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION (UPPER EOCENE), SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

Tasnuva Ming Khan, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Tasnuva Ming Khan, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Brendan M. Anderson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Warren Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Jeffrey D Stilwell, Monash University, VIC

304464 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

MOLLUSCAN PALEOECOLOGY AND SUBSTRATE AFFINITIES ON THE MID-ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF

Carmi Milagros Thompson, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL and Rowan Lockwood, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Kelvin W. Ramsey, Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE

307144 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

POLLUTION, GROWTH RATES, AND CONSERVATION OF RED SEA GIANT CLAMS USING ISOTOPE SCLEROCHRONOLOGY

Daniel Killam, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA and Matthew Clapham, Univ. of Calif. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

302816 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

CONCH FRITTERS THROUGH TIME: HUMAN PREDATION AND POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS OF STROMBUS GIGAS, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS

Mikaela R. Ruga, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and John Huntley, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

300900 (Technical Sessions)

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

Yael Edelman-Furstenberg, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem and Susan Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Ehud Gilad, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem and Ehud Gilad, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv and Yehuda Benayahu, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

298831 (Technical Sessions)

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

Shamindri Dinusha Tennakoon, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and William Lindberg, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Michał Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

300479 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

USING BIVALVE LIVE-DEAD MISMATCH TO EVALUATE THE FOOTPRINT OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER IN MARINE WATERS, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Susan Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Caitlin Meadows, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Christopher J. Lowe, Capital Regional District, Victoria, BC and Shirley Lyons, Capital Regional District, Victoria, BC and Tara A. Macdonald, Biologica Environmental Services Ltd., Victoria, BC and Kenzo Esquivel, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Eva Haraldsdottir, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and David Vishny, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL

298040 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

HIGH-LATITUDE, BIOMASS, AND RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE: TESTING THE POWER OF LIVE DEAD DISCORDANCE IN THE PACIFIC ARCTIC

Caitlin Meadows, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

302570 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

ESTIMATING THE DURATION OF STRATIGRAPHICALLY CONDENSED MIOCENE MARINE SHELL BEDS USING STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY (CALVERT CLIFFS, MD): IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Joshua Zimmt, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Susan Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Rowan Lockwood, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Matthew Thirlwall, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham

303311 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

TRAINING TOMORROW’S CONSERVATION PALEOBIOLOGISTS TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY IN THE CONSERVATION WORLD

Patricia Kelley, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Gregory P. Dietl, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

302742 (Technical Sessions)

190 D9. Paleontology, Conservation Paleobiology

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