John West Wells, 1943 | By William R. Brice | Biographical Memoirs 1942 Arthrodiran fish plates from the Enfield Formation (Upper Fossil corals fromBikini Atoll In Developments, trends, and outlook in paleontology, ed. RC Moore http://stills.nap.edu/html/biomems/jwells.html
Extractions: JOHN WEST WELLS died at his home on Brook Lane in Ithaca, New York, on January 12, 1994. As a teacher, scholar, and internationally known researcher he made an indelible mark on the world of paleontology through his own contributions and through the work of his many students. Although he spent the formative years of his teaching career at Cornell University, he served on the faculty at the University of Texas (1929-31), at the State Normal School (SUNY) at Fredonia, New York (1937-38), and at Ohio State University (1938-48). During World War II he served with the Office of Strategic Services and assisted with war damage assessment studies. Wells was a leading authority on both modern and fossil corals, and it was through his work with these simple fossils that he provided tangible evidence of changes in the rotational period of the earth. Geophysicists had long predicted that tidal friction should cause a slowing of the earth's rotation, but it was John Wells who, using only the simplest of equipment, counted the daily growth rings on fossil corals clearly demonstrating the predicted changes in the rotational rate. This one small paper of only three pages spawned a remarkable increase in research studies dealing with the incremental skeletal growth in many groups of invertebrates. EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION John Wells was born in Philadelphia on July 15, 1907, but spent most of his youth in Homer, New York, about 20 miles from Cornell University, surrounded by the classic Devonian rocks of the Finger Lakes region. After graduating from the local high school he attended the University of Pittsburgh with the intention of studying medicine, but soon switched to chemistry. As part of his course work he took a few geology courses which really captured his imagination. He especially liked the two geology professors, Ransom E. Sommers and Henry Leighton. This chance meeting of Wells with Sommers and Leighton has an interesting twist to it, for both Sommers and Leighton were graduates of Cornell University.
Florida Keys Sea Smart / Dive Smart diseases of algae, sponges, and fish have been Because corals grow slowly, live fordecades to and pathology, ecological monitoring, and paleontology, will be http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/edu/seasmart/disease.html
Extractions: to make this site more useful to you? FKNMS Privacy Statement Last Updated 2/2/2000 International Society of Reef Studies' Statement on Diseases on Coral Reefs Released February 4, 1999 Diseases of corals and other organisms are having significant, negative impacts on the structure and appearance of coral reefs. On some reefs, the effects of disease have been of a similar magnitude to more familiar disturbances, such as outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indo-Pacific and coral bleaching associated with elevated sea temperatures. A new scientific awareness of diseases on coral reefs leads to a host of questions about the novelty of recently discovered syndromes, the importance of observed trends toward increasing infection rates, and the extent to which human activities are responsible. This statement, issued by the International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS), summarizes current knowledge on the subject. It was compiled by an ad hoc group of scientists in ISRS, composed of individuals who are directly or indirectly considering disease as part of their research programs. Disease is a natural process that has been poorly studied in the oceans because of its ephemeral nature. Epidemics in animal populations, called epizootics, are a serious threat to the health of coral reefs worldwide. Recent observations of epizootics affecting sea urchins and scleractinian corals show that diseases on reefs can devastate their target populations and act as agents of rapid and dramatic community change. Marine pathologists and microbiologists are attempting to identify the causes of infection, but the pathogens responsible for most diseases affecting reef organisms remain elusive. These difficulties are complicating efforts by scientists and managers to study outbreaks and decide if control measures are warranted. It is becoming clear, however, that human activity is at least partially responsible for disease outbreaks on coral reefs over the past decade.
The Bible And Paleontology of the most pressing issues in paleontology the origin of many species of brachiopods,trilobites, corals, crinoids, cephalopods and jawless fish. http://www.aiias.edu/ict/vol_26B/26Bcc_179-199.htm
Extractions: Institute for Christian Teaching Arthur V. Chadwick 407-00 Institute for Christian Teaching 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 USA Symposium on the Bible and Adventist Scholarship Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic March 19-26, 2000 My Perspective When dealing with a topic subject to as much controversy and interpretation as is this, I think it is appropriate for me to set forth my own presuppositions at the outset. This I will briefly do. While in college, I became convinced of my need of Christ, and committed my life to him, joining the Seventh-day Adventist fellowship because of my desire to follow Truth wherever it led. It was seemed very clear to me at that time, and remains so to this day, that the Bible was intentionally teaching us lessons that we could not learn on our own. While I believed rational processes were essential to the establishment of a life philosophy, I recognized they would not be sufficient. Belief in a literal Divine Creation event in the recent past is a given part of my philosophy. I do not need scientific evidence to support that position, but expect that, rightly understood, all scientific data will ultimately make sense within that framework.
Ed Rogers Rare & Out Of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books Nomland, Jorgen O.; New Fossil corals from the Pacific M. Stanley, Steven M.;Principles of paleontology. of Australia's fossil reptiles, fish, birds and http://www.geology-books.com/paleolz.html
Extractions: Books Sold in Blue NUMBERS CONTINUED FROM NEW CATALOG. CLICK ABOVE ON NEW CATALOG FOR LATEST LISTING. THIS IS NOT THE NEW CATALOG. 1951. Lacoe, R. D.; Catalogue of the Paleozoic Fossil Plants of North America. Pitston, Luzerne County, Penn., 1884. Quarto, pp. 16. Original wraps, covers lightly soiled, Victor W. Lyon's penned signature on cover, very good. Rare, $55. 1952. Ladd, Harry S.; The Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Maquoketa Shale of Iowa. Iowa Geol. Survey, 1929. Quarto, pp. 144, 14 plates. Original wraps, light edge and spine wear to binding, very good. $20. 1953. Lambe, Lawrence M.;
Extractions: Books Sold in Blue NUMBERS CONTINUED FROM NEW CATALOG. CLICK ABOVE ON NEW CATALOG FOR LATEST LISTING. THIS IS NOT THE NEW CATALOG. 1430. Abel, Othenio; Grundzuge der Palaeobiologie der Wirbeltiere. Stuttgart, 1912. Quarto, pp. xv, 708, frontispiece, 470 illustrations. In original decorative blue cloth with cover vignette, gold spine and cover titles, upper edge of spine nicely repaired, minor soilng of covers, very good. $120. A German paleontologist; Abel, 1875-1946) travelled extensively doing work in the United States, the Mediterranean region and the Caribbean. In addition to his extensive writings on vertebrate fossils he is also noted for his writings on the folklore surrounding fossils in Germany and Austria. His above text is considered a classic study on the paleobiology of the vertebrates.
Links Everhart's, Oceans of Kansas paleontology, Fossils from the and lobsters; sharks;bony fish; rays and crocodiles; birds; mammals; starfish; corals; trace fossils http://www.ammonite.ws/Pages/Link_Pages/Links_to_Other_Sites.htm
Extractions: LINKS The Williams family's "Hogtown Creek Fossils" is an overview of the paleontology of Gainesville, Florida. Mike Everhart's Oceans of Kansas Paleontology Fossils from the Western Interior Sea Mike Thorn's " The Ceratopsia Home Pages " The ceratopsia or Horned Dinosaurs (Triceratops and its kin) Ulrich Wieneke's Aporrhaidae recent and fossil gastropods of the family Aporrhaidae. Bruno Granier's Home Page for Early Tethyan Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Forum with many links to systematically build up a detailed knowledge of the Early Cretaceous stratigraphy in the Tethyan realm through the integration of basin reference sections (stratotypes), basin or platform control sections, biostratigraphic data, and sequence stratigraphy. Captain Zeb's The Kids Ark Home-Page with links to many sites including one about Fossils and Fossil Collecting A cyber space station for kids. Join us in our mission to find and gather material about the world - animals, folktales, puzzles, pictures and monsters - before it disappears. Edited by Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals A monographical serial in four volumes, edited by Hannes Löser giving a systematic overview of the Cretaceous corals described since 1777.
Paleontology Of The Rendezvous Region THE RENDEZVOUS REGION paleontology reptiles (mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles),fish (including sharks including clams, cephalopods, snails, corals, and crabs http://tradecorridor.com/walhalla/paleontology.htm
Extractions: Paleontology Rocks of the Carlile, Niobrara, and Pierre Formations are exposed in road cuts and along rivers in the Rendezvous Region. These rocks were deposited in subtropical to warm temperate seas, the Western Interior Seaway, which covered North Dakota during Late Cretaceous time from about 90 million to 80 million years ago. Fossils of animals and plants that inhabited those seas are entombed in these rocks. Remains of marine reptiles (mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles), fish (including sharks), birds, and invertebrates (including clams, cephalopods, snails, corals, and crabs) have been recovered from the rocks. Exhibits of fossils of the prehistoric life that inhabited the Rendezvous Region can be seen at the Pembina State Museum, Pembina; Icelandic State Park, Cavalier; Cavalier County Museum, Dresden; and the Mordern Museum, Morden, Manitoba.
Biology Resources Invertebrate paleontology Image Gallery. Zoology Images. National Image Library US fish and Wildlife Service. corals, Sea Anemonies, Other Hexacorals. http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/biology.htm
Godfrey Nowlan fossils such as corals, ammonites, trilobites and and vertebrate paleontologistsstudy fish, mammals, dinosaurs of opportunities in paleontology is declining http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/earth/geoscience/nowlan.html
Extractions: There's nothing more fascinating than looking down a microscope and seeing familiar (and sometimes, not so familiar) objects magnified many times. The Geological Survey of Canada and many university departments frequently open their doors to the public. This allows you the opportunity to find out what that peculiar rock was that was propping granny's door open for the last 50 years, or perhaps to find out more about that strange tooth that Uncle Fred had on his mantleshelf for as long as you can remember. The incredible diversity of life on Earth through time has resulted in a fossil record that is extremely rich in information. Paleontologists try to unravel and understand the complexity of the fossil record as it records the history and development of life on Earth. Paleontology is the biological part of geology. The physical evolution of the Earth's surface and the evolution of the Earth's living organisms is intimately interlinked: for example, without the evolution of organisms such as algae and cyanobacteria the atmosphere would never have become sufficiently oxygenated to support all the many forms of life that have developed.
Human Impacts On Coral Reefs between a cleaner shrimp and a fish on which Competition between corals and algaeon coral reefs a review the University of California Museum of paleontology. http://is2.dal.ca/~krrussel/zrussell/xmar/russellst.html
Extractions: Corals are comprised of colonies of tiny animals called polyps , which belong to the phylum Cnidaria . Each polyp resembles a small sea anemone and uses its stinging tentacles to paralyze and feed on plankton Polyps secrete calcium carbonate, which forms the skeleton of coral and the framework of coral reefs. Corals have a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae that live inside each polyp. Zooxanthellae are photosynthetic and convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbohydrates. This provides nutrients for the polyp , which in return provides a secure environment with access to sunlight for the zooxanthellae Montastrea cavernosa
Comox Valley Earth Sciences Resource Site: Paleozoic Era SIMPLIFIED PALEOZOIC paleontology OF VANCOUVER ISLAND trilobites, eurypterids, blastoids,rugose corals, and graptolites the agnaths (jawless fish) became extinct http://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/paleo/paleo/paleozob.html
Extractions: Although its geological record spans some 420 million years, the paleontological record of Vancouver Island can only be traced back to the Mississippian Period of the Paleozoic Era, more than 325 million years ago. The oldest fossils from this period come from exposures that are rare indeed, but represent diverse assemblages of invertebrate animals such as trilobites (arthropods), coral (cnidarians), bivalves (mollusks), blastoids (echinoderms), and brachiopods. Apparently, these animals were only able to populate the submerged plateau once the various volcanic episodes of the Paleozoic Era had finally come to an end. However, it was not until the Upper Cretaceous Period, more than 250 million years later, that the first truly impressive vertebrate assemblages occur in the local fossil record. These animals not only include an astonishing array of fish and shark groups, but also of marine reptiles, sea-going birds and possibly pterosaurs, and the very rare ... as well. By the time the first animals had become fossilized on Vancouver Island, the Paleozoic Era had already witnessed the great evolutionary explosion that marked the beginning of the Cambrian Period; the evolution of true primitive (jawless) fish and the earliest land plants during the Ordovician; the first permanent colonization of the land by animals (the arachnids - spiders and scorpions), and the development of true jaws in fish, during the Silurian; and the evolution of the first sharks and amphibians during the Devonian.
Museum Victoria [ed-online] Dinosaurs & Fossils have lived in warm, clear shallow seas, as do modern reefbuilding corals. in theirforming more than 90% of all species of fish today Vertebrate paleontology. http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/dinosaurs/lifetime-oceans.html
Extractions: Websites This segment deals with the proliferation of life in the oceans during the Palaeozoic Era (545-251 million years ago), following the appearance of the first animals with hard shells at the beginning of the Cambrian Period. By the end of the Cambrian, all major groups of animals (phyla) with representatives living today had appeared, except for the bryozoans which first appear in the fossil record at the beginning of the succeeding Ordovician Period. A faunal radiation in the Ordovician populated the seas with many types of animals that continued to flourish throughout the remainder of the Palaeozoic. Assemblages of fossils similar to those in the Burgess Shale have been discovered in Cambrian rocks at a few other places in the world, including China, the United States and South Australia, demonstrating that such faunas were widely distributed in the oceans at this time. Their rarity as fossils is thus due to the unusual conditions required for their preservation. These faunas show the great diversity of marine life at a very early stage in the history of metazoans. The major groups of invertebrates present in the Palaeozoic are as follows.
H- Paleontology And Geology Glossary: H If the dinosaur or paleontology term you are looking for a strong swimmer and likelylived near coastlines and ate fish. Horn corals are important index fossils http://www.allaboutsharks.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexh.shtml
Extractions: Hadrocodium ( meaning "heavy or full head") was a tiny mammalian ancestor about the size of a paperclip. It is the earliest-known animal with such mammal-like features. This shrew-like quadruped had a long tail, a long snout, delicate teeth, three middle ear bones, a powerful jaw hinge, matching upper and lower teeth, a large brain case, and five-toed feet. Hadrocodium was an insectivore (insect-eater) that may have been nocturnal (most active at night). It lived about 195 million years ago. A skull (half an inch (12 millimeters) long) was found in the Lufeng Basin in Yunnan, China, in 1985 (it was only recently determined that it was a new species). The type species is
E. De C. Clarke Geology Museum Carboniferous Widespread coal swamps, foraminiferans, corals, bryozoans, brachiopods,blastoids, seed ferns The Age of fishes 408 to 360 mya, fish and land http://www.geol.uwa.edu.au/geology/museum/tower/tower.html
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Coral Trove Found Off Madagascar more than doubled the number of corals previously thought to exist in island watersand identified several new species of fish and as many as nine new corals. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0515_020515_0515TVmadagascar.htm
Extractions: Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, is a nature-lover's paradise on land, but its underwater treasures are only now being explored, yielding up previously unknown species of coral and fish. A recent one-month marine survey more than doubled the number of corals previously thought to exist in island waters and identified several new species of fish and as many as nine new corals. Blastomussa, a new species of stony coral discovered in the northwestern reefs of Madagascar looks "like a bowl of flowers, with mostly red flowers but also some blue and green," says corals expert John Veron. "Madagascar gets a lot of attention for its biodiversity on land, but its marine habitats are equally precious and threatened," said Dr. Sheila McKenna of Conservation International, the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization that sponsored the research. Located 250 miles off the eastern coast of Africa, the island is slightly less than twice the size of Arizona yet has six different microclimates ranging from rain forest to desert. It hosts nine-tenths of the world's lemur population, 1,000 different orchid species and more than 10,000 varieties of plants with new ones being discovered daily. Its Eden-like diversity has made it a number one priority in international conservation efforts, but now the reefs surrounding the island like lacework are moving up on the list of marine biodiversity hot spots.
Coral Reef Paradise Found In Remote Indonesian Islands of coral and 1,400 fish species. Team member John Vernon, a scientist at the AustralianInstitute of Marine Science who is an expert on corals around the world http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0808_irianjayacoral.html
Extractions: The reefs of the Raja Ampat Islands had not previously been explored in detail. The islands, which lie off Sorong on the northwest coast of sparsely populated and still largely undisturbed Irian Jaya, are extremely remote. Irian Jaya is the western half of the island of New Guinea. During the entire three-week expedition in March and April, Allen recorded seeing 950 different species of fish.
New Page 1 by the sizes of colonies of coral or fish. example, the average recent mortality ofcorals from all University Institute for Geology and paleontology 8020 Graz http://www.coral.noaa.gov/agra/workshops/workshop2000_2.htm
Extractions: May 20-21, 2000 Since its inception in June 1998 the AGRRA program has carried out coral reef health assessments in over 22 reef areas of the Wider Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, more than any other organization to date. With support from the Bacardi Family Foundation, a two-day workshop was organized bringing together some 25 leaders of AGRRA teams to present results of their assessments, plan a volume of reports, and discuss modifications in the methodology. Below is a list of highlights from the workshop. Highlights of the Workshop: Presentations: Team leaders presented the results of their surveys with emphasis on their preliminary findings and comments on problems of assessments and recommendations. Each presentation was limited to 15 minutes. Reports came from: Bermuda, Bahamas (Abaco, Andros, San Salvador), Turks and Caicos, Texas (Flower Garden Bank), Mexico (Vercruz, Yucatan peninsula), Belize (Barrier reef, Lighthouse Atoll), Costa Rica, Cuba (SW coast), Cayman Islands, Lesser Antilles (Saba, St. Martin, St. Eustatius) St. Vincent, Venezuela (Los Roques), Brazil. Working Group Discussions: On the second day of the workshop working groups examined AGRRA data results within three broad categories: coral invertebrates, reef fishes, interactions (algae-fish-corals). Each group first discussed the principal indicators that should be looked at to make comparisons and examine spatial patterns. All groups agreed that the first priority should be to conduct an anomaly analyses of 15 indicators including: coral cover, coral mortality, coral recruitment, macro algal index, urchin density, abundance and biomass of key fish families (parrotfish, surgeonfish, grouper, snapper, and grunts), fish diversity (AGRRA fish diversity and REEF methods). Questions raised by each of the groups that should be addressed based on the results of an analysis include:
Paleontology Links New York paleontology Fossils of the Empire State the Strata In Which They Facts Fiction; Archosaurs; Top 10 Misconceptions. fish Elasmobranchs - Elasmo.com; http://www.geology.iupui.edu/classes/g304/Links.htm
Extractions: PaleoLinks Topics in Paleobiology Adaptation and Functional Morphology Biomechanics of Eurypterids Computational Paleontology Morphometrics - State University of New York @ Stony Brook Shell Coiling - Interactive Simulations: Raup's analysis comes alive! Virtual Reality Fossils - Natural History Museum, London Darwinia - Online source for information on Charles Darwin The Alfred Russel Wallace Page- his ideas on natural selection, zoogeography, biodiversity, and more Evolution Links - Univ. of Toronto Evolution Links - Harvard Univ. Evolutionary Theory Evolution vs. Creation Debate Creationist Geologic Time Scale - An Attack Strategy for the Sciences Evolution vs. Creationism Extinctions Cretaceous Impact Cycles Mass Extinctions of the Phanerozoic Recoveries From Mass Extinctions Genetics and Development DNA From the Beginning - A primer on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity. The Interactive Fly Mammalian Embryology - Mendel Web Pea Experiment - Breed hybrid peas Primer on Molecular Genetics Introduction to Evolutionary Biology Origins of Life Punctuated Equilibrium P.E. at Twenty: A Paleontologic Perspective
