We look forward to seeing you there! We will be dedicating the
short course and its volume to the late Richard Benson. The Short
Course Notes will be available for purchase through the Paleontological
Society for about $20 US and will include a dedication chapter to
Dick.
Also, as you are making your travel plans to GSA this year, please
note that the PS has approximately 18 oral sessions and 2 poster sessions
scheduled that run from Saturday through Wednesday afternoon.
Detailed scheduling information for the entire PS portion of the meeting
will be posted next week.
Dr. Lisa Park
PS SHORT
COURSE-2003----Bridging the Gap: Trends in the Ostracode Biological &
Geological Sciences
GSA Meeting, Seattle,
Saturday, November 1 (8:00 am-5:00 pm)
Sheraton Hotel Grand Ballroom
A---Free of Charge; No registration
Co-Organizers: Lisa Park, University of Akron
(lepark@uakron.edu) and Alison Smith, Kent State University (asmith@geology.kent.edu)
8:00-8:15
Introduction and Welcome (Alison Smith, Kent State U.; Lisa Park,
U. of Akron)
8:15-8:30
A Tribute to Richard Benson (Stephen
Schellenberg, UCSC; Tom Cronin, USGS)
8:30-9:00
Evolutionary History of the Ostracoda and the Origin of Nonmarine
Faunas (Lisa Park, University of Akron)
9:00-9:30
Sexual Morphology, Reproduction and the Evolution of
Bioluminescence in Ostracoda (Anne Cohen, California Academy of
Sciences)
9:30-10:00
Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Ostracodes—A Molecular Approach
(Koen Martens, University of Amsterdam)
10:10-10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
A Biomechanical Theory of Ostracode Carapace Morphology (Richard
Benson, Smithsonian Institution; Stephen Schellenberg, UCSC)
10:45-11:15
Morphometric Methods for Applied Ostracodology: Tools for Outline
Analysis of Non-Marine Ostracodes (Dan Danielopol, Austrian Academy of
Sciences)
11:15-12:00
Ostracodes and their Shell Chemistry: Implications for
Paleohydrologic and Paleoclimatologic Applications (Emi Ito, University of
Minnesota)
1:30-2:00
The Use of Ostracodes in Paleoenvironmental Studies, or What Can
You Do with an Ostracode Shell? (Ian Boomer, University of
Newcastle)
2:00-2:30
Key Events in the Ecological Radiation of the Ostracoda (David
Horne, The Natural History Museum, London and the University of
London)
2:30-3:00
Ostracodes as Hydrologic Indicators in Springs, Streams, and
Wetlands: A Tool for Environmental and Paleoenvironmental Assessment
(Alison Smith, Kent State University)
3:00-3:15
Coffee Break
3:15-3:45
Linking Ostracodes to Climate and Landscape (Brandon Curry, NANODE
database)
3:45-4:15
Deep-sea Ostracodes and Climate Change (Thomas Cronin,
USGS-Reston)
4:15-4:30
Ostracoda on the Internet (Roger Kaesler, University of
Kansas)
4:30-5:00
Future Trends and Goals in Ostracode Research
(Jonathan Holmes, University College
London)
GSA TOPICAL SESSION
BRIDGING THE GAP: OSTRACODES IN THE EARTH
SCIENCES
Session Description: This
session emphasizes new, interdisciplinary advances in ostracode research.
Talks will span paleontology, molecular biology, hydrogeology,
paleoclimatology, and paleolimnology. Speakers will emphasize applied
approaches using this important group, to solve different problems in a
broad diversity of disciplines within the earth sciences.
Sunday, November 2, 2003: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM
Washington State Convention and Trade Center 3B
Advocate(s): Gene Hunt, eghunt@ucsd.edu, Lisa E. Park, lepark@uakron.edu
Presentations:
1:00 PM (Abstract
ID#65774)
ARE SOME SPECIES BETTER PROXY INDICATORS THAN OTHERS?
SOME CASE STUDIES FROM OSTRACODA
PARK, Lisa E.1,
RICKETTS, R.D.2, and TRUBEE, Kenton J.1, (1) Dept.
Geology, Univ. of Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Akron, OH 44325-4101,
lepark@uakron.edu, (2) Large Lakes Observatory, Univ of Minnesota, 109
Research Lab Building, Duluth, MN 55812
1:15 PM (Abstract
ID#65313)
A TAPHONOMIC STUDY OF LACUSTRINE SUBFOSSIL OSTRACODES
AND APPLICATION TO PALEO-LAKE LEVEL: LAKE TANGANYIKA, EAST
AFRICA
VAN ALSTINE,
Jana Marie, Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth St,
Tucson, AZ 85721, janava@geo.arizona.edu and COHEN, Andrew S., University
of Arizona
1:30 PM (Abstract
ID#66714)
OSTRACODE-INFERRED LAKE-LEVEL HISTORY OF LAKE
TANGANYIKA, EAST AFRICA, FOR THE PAST 2500 YEARS
ALIN, Simone R.,
School of Oceanography, Univ of Washington, Box 355351, Seattle, WA 98195,
simone.alin@stanfordalumni.org and COHEN, Andrew S., Department of
Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
1:45 PM (Abstract
ID#67368)
SENSING QUATERNARY CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH HYDROLOGY:
THE OSTRACODE CONNECTION
CURRY, B. Brandon, Illinois
State Geol Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, curry@isgs.uiuc.edu.
2:00 PM (Abstract
ID#62048)
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON OSTRACODE HABITATS IN
SPRINGS, WETLANDS, AND STREAMS OF THE UNITED STATES
DAVIS, Jesse W.1, SMITH,
Alison J2, PALMER, Donald F.1, FORESTER, R.
M.3, and CURRY, B.B.4, (1) Department of Geology,
Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, jwdavis@kent.edu, (2) Department of
Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980
USGS, Box 75046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)
Environmental Geoscience Center, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geol
Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
2:15 PM (Abstract
ID#62074)
OSTRACODE SHELL CHEMISTRY: AN ALTERNATIVE TO MEASURE
METAL POLLUTION OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS
PALACIOS-FEST, Manuel
R., Terra Nostra Earth Sciences Rsch, 3220 West Ina Road 8105,
Tucson, AZ 85741, terra_nostra_mx@yahoo.com.mx, PARK, Lisa E., Univ of
Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Akron, OH 44325-4101, GONZALEZ PORTA, Jordi,
d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain,
PALACIOS-FEST, Martha R., Instituto Nacional de Pesca, SEMARNAT, Tuxpam,
92890, Mexico, and DIX, George R., Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre,
Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6,
Canada
2:30 PM (Abstract
ID#64926)
MORPHOMETRIC METHODS FOR APPLIED OSTRACODOLOGY: TOOLS
FOR OUTLINE ANALYSIS OF NONMARINE OSTRACODES
BALTANAS,
Angel1, BRAUNEIS, Wolfgang2, DANIELOPOL, Dan
L.3, and LINHART, Johann2, (1) Ecology,
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, E-28049, Spain,
angel.baltanas@uam.es, (2) Institut für Mathematik, Univ of Salzburg,
Salzburg, A-5020, Austria, (3) Institut für Limnologie, Österreichische
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mondseestrasse, 9, Mondsee, A-5310, Dan.Danielopol@oeaw.ac.at
2:45 PM (Abstract
ID#65725)
OSTRACODA FROM MIOCENE DEEP-WATER DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL
CHILE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
PETERSON, Dawn E., Dept. of
Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118-4599, jurdyke@sbcglobal.net, FINGER,
Kenneth L., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley
Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, NIELSEN, Sven N.,
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße
55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, and ENCINAS, Alfonso, Departamento de
Geología, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13518, Correo 21, Santiago,
Chile
3:00 PM (Abstract
ID#61844)
AN OSTRACODE WITH SOFT PARTS FROM THE SILURIAN
HEREFORDSHIRE KONSERVAT-LAGERSTÄTTE
SIVETER, David J., Department of
Geology, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom,
djs@le.ac.uk, SUTTON, Mark D., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of
Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom, BRIGGS, Derek E.G.,
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New
Haven, and SIVETER, Derek J., Geological Collections, Univ Museum of Nat
History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom
3:15 PM (Abstract
ID#66351)
OSTRACODA IN EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES OF LIGHT AND VISION:
MOLECULAR AND PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVES
OAKLEY, Todd H., Ecology
Evolution and Marine Biology, U. California-Santa Barbara, EEMB, Santa
Barbara, CA 93106, oakley@lifesci.ucsb.edu.
3:30 PM (Abstract
ID#64341)
THE ONTOGENY AND EVOLUTION OF FOSSAE ARRANGEMENT IN
THE DEEP-SEA OSTRACODE GENUS POSEIDONAMICUS
HUNT, Gene, Committee on
Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL
60637, eg-hunt@uchicago.edu.