1. OCEAN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7) Open Access Author: Rizzo, Adriana Title: OCEAN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7) Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: paleoceanographycoccolithophoresphytoplanktonpaleoecologyorganic geochemistryPleistoceneClimate Changeharmful algae bloomproductivitysea levelITCZCariaco BasinmicropaleontologyUK37nutrientsEmiliania huxleyiFlorisphaera profundadinoflagellatesMargalef's MandalaMIS 8 File: Download Rizzo_Thesis_PostDefense_tosubmit2.pdf Committee Members: Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKatherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
2. Morphological change in response to mass extinction: a case study of Strophomenida (Brachiopoda) at the Late Ordovician Open Access Author: Sclafani, Judith Title: Morphological change in response to mass extinction: a case study of Strophomenida (Brachiopoda) at the Late Ordovician Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: Late Ordovician mass extinctionrecoverymorphometricspaleoecologyevolutionary history File: Download DissertationFinal.pdf Committee Members: Mark E Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorMark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-ChairTimothy Bralower, Committee MemberPeter Daniel Wilf, Committee MemberDavid Peter Hughes, Outside MemberMark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair