7 Earth Life Sciences across the Cordillera (Posters)

This session showcases interdisciplinary research that bridges geological sciences with allied fields including (but not limited to) genetics, ecology, biogeography, archaeology, informatics to emphasize innovative approaches to understand the interconnectedness of Earth systems.

Wednesday, 22 April 2026
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
LMH, 5th Floor Chapel

Participants

• Chair Greer Dolby
• Chair Scott Bennett
• Chair Jorge Miros-Gómez
• Chair Adrian Munguia-Vega

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Lipid Biomarkers and Ostracods as Indicators of Late Pleistocene-Holocene Environmental Fluctuations of the Southern Chihuahua Desert, Mexico
  Claudia Chávez-Lara, UNAM, Mexico City, Distrito Federal and Yiming Zhang, University of Bristol, Bristol and Richard Pancost, University of Bristol, Bristol and Betania Palacios-García, UNAM, Mexico City and Kevin García-Macedo, UNAM, Mexico City and Diana Ibarra-Morales, UNAM, Mexico City and Margarita Caballero, UNAM, Mexico City
  410783 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Beyond Bacteria: Exploring Microeukaryote Diversity and Function within Microniches of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone
  Sofia FONSECA YEPEZ, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur and Francisco GARCIA DE LEON, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur and Mirna VAZQUEZ ROSAS LANDA, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM, Ciudad de México and Verónica MENDOZA PORTILLO, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM, Ciudad México and Tania VALDIVIA CARRILLO, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur
  410786 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Lithified Thrombolites Discovered in the Municipality of Loreto, Baja California Sur.
  Sula Vanderplank, Conserva Loreto, a program of The Ocean Foundation, Loreto, B.C.S. and Thomas Judy, Retired, Cool, CA and Jill Densmore, Former USGS Water Science Center, Cool, CA and Fabio Favoretto, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
  410868 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Análisis micropaleontológico en núcleos sedimentarios de las cuencas Cerralvo, Guaymas y Pescadero en el Golfo de California.
  Carlos Corvera León, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, El Sauzal and Diana Islas, Universidad Auntónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California and Ismael Yarbuh, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, ensenada, Baja California and Ronald Spelz, Universidad Auntónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California and Manet Peña Salinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, ensenada, Baja California
  410882 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Examining Changes in Shell Morphology and Microstructure From the Mid-20th Century to Present in an Ecologically Critical Mussel Species From Southeastern Alaska, USA
  Luke De Carlo-McCann, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and F. Zeb Page, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Veronica Vriesman, Scripps and Pitzer Colleges, Claremont, CA
  410949 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Decoding Microbial Life at Species Resolution in Earth’s Dynamic Environments
  Maribel Hernández-Rosales, Cinvestav Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato and Elizabeth Cadenas-Castrejón, Cinvestav Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato
  410984 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Response of Benthic Foraminifera to Climatic and Oceanographic Variability during the Holocene in the Southern Gulf of California.
  Marysol Valdez Hernández, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México and Ligia Pérez-Cruz, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México and Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México and Rafael Venegas Ferrer, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México and Xinantecatl Nava-Fernández, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México., Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México
  410987 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Microbial Persistence And Stratification In Oligotrophic Sediments Of Pozas Rojas, Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Mexico
  Antonio González-Sánchez, Cinvestav, Irapuato, Gto. and Georgina Ibarra Arzave, UNAM, Morelia, Michoacan and Atzintli Paniagua-Vargas, UNAM, Morelia, Michoacan and Felipe García-Oliva, UNAM, Morelia, Michoacan and Gabriela Olmedo Alvarez, Cinvestav, Irapuato, Gto.
  411021 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Primary care, maintenance, and rehabilitation of the Baja California Paleontological Reference Collection (PALEOMAR) Ensenada, Mexico.
  Diana Arenas Islas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California - Campus Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California and Jacob Valdivieso Ojeda, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Campus Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California and Ronald Spelz Madero, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California
  411031 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Reinvestigation of Cisuralian (Lower Permian) Biostratigraphy at Ferguson Mountain, Elko County, Nevada
  Michael Read, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  411060 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Taphonomy and geochemistry of the Miocene Ortok bone bed, Kyrgyzstan
  Win McLaughlin, Southwestern Oregon Community College, Coos Bay, OR and Nicholas Weldon, Southwestern Oregon Community College, Coos Bay, OR and Elisabeth Tonn, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  411071 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LINKING THE DOTS: Evaluation of the congruence between neutral and selective processes shaping populations and species assemblages in the marine environment
  Fausto Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C. , La Paz, B.C.S and Vladimir De Jesús-Bonilla, CIBNOR, CDMX, CDMX and Daniel Ortíz-Oyola, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, B.C.S. and Camila Mac-Louglin-Aleman, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, B.C.S. and Salwa El Khatabbi-Salazar, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, B.C.S. and Héctor Reyes-Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S. and Damien Olivier, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
  411081 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Population structure, evolutionary history, and genomic vulnerability of cryptobenthic fishes in the Gulf of California
  De Jesús-Bonilla, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur and Fausto Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur and Camila Mac Loughlin, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur and Norma Yolanda Hernández Saavedra, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur and Salwa El Khattabi Salazar, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur
  411082 (Technical Sessions)