14 Linkages among Subterranean Ecosystems and Geological Events in the Eastern United States

Thursday, 12 April 2018
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 301 A

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  INFLUENCE OF GEOLOGICAL BARRIERS ON THE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DISPERSAL OF CAVE-ADAPTED SCOTERPES MILLIPEDES (CHORDEUMATIDA: TRICHOPETALIDAE) IN THE INTERIOR LOW PLATEAU AND APPALACHIANS KARST REGIONS
  Matthew L. Niemiller, Huntsville, AL and Kirk S. Zigler, University of the South, Sewanee, TN and Evin T. Carter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Charles D.R. Stephen, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Annette Summers Engel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and William A. Shear, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, VA
  312727 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  RECONSTRUCTING LATE PLIOCENE THROUGH EARLY PLEISTOCENE ANCESTRAL RIVER DRAINAGE BASINS IN THE INTERIOR LOW PLATEAU AND APPALACHIANS KARST REGIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF TYPHLICHTHYS SUBTERRANEUS (PERCOPSIFORMES: AMBLYOPSIDAE)
  Annette Summers Engel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Matthew L. Niemiller, Huntsville, AL and Kirk S. Zigler, University of the South, Sewanee, TN and Breanne N. Ayala, University of the South, Sewanee, TN and Pamela B. Hart, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Bernard R. Kuhajda, Chattanooga, TN and Jonathan W. Armbruster, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  313063 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  PRELIMINARY CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CAVE DEPOSITS IN THE PANTANAL WETLANDS (BRAZIL): INSIGHTS INTO LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  Michael M. McGlue, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Valdir Felipe Novello, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo and Francisco W. Cruz, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo and Rudney de Almeida Santos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo and Bailee Hodelka, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Andrew Duffy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  312353 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  HYDROGEOLOGY OF THE HIDDEN RIVER GROUNDWATER BASIN, HORSE CAVE, HART COUNTY, KENTUCKY
  Cesalea N. Osborne, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  311654 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  POPULATION GENOMICS OF THE SOUTHERN CAVEFISH (TYPHLICHTHYS SUBTERRANEUS)
  Pamela Hart Burress, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Prosanta Chakrabarty, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Matthew L. Niemiller, University of Alabama, N/A
  312030 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  GENETIC DIVERSITY OF AN ENIGMATIC AQUIFER SPECIES FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, THE GEORGIA BLIND SALAMANDER (EURYCEA WALLACEI)
  John G. Phillips, Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, MI
  312380 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  GEOGRAPHICALLY STRUCTURED GENETIC DIVERSITY IN THE CAVE BEETLE DARLINGTONEA KENTUCKENSIS VALENTINE 1952 (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE, TRECHINA)
  Olivia Boyd, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Keith Philips, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Jarrett Johnson, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  312218 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
  Haley Lawson, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN and Terri Brown, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
  312095 (Theme Sessions)