Susan M. Kidwell

Fossilization processes and their conseqences for the nature of the fossil record, especially the ecological fidelity of fossil communities; also marine invertebrate paleoecology and sedimentary geology

Dead molluscan shells from multiple trophic groups as archives of nitrogen isotopic evidence of wastewater gradients in estuaries.
Dead molluscan shells from multiple trophic groups as archives of nitrogen isotopic evidence of wastewater gradients in estuaries. Mar Pollut Bull. 2023 Apr; 189:114752.
PMID: 36870140

Nineteenth-century collapse of a benthic marine ecosystem on the open continental shelf.
Nineteenth-century collapse of a benthic marine ecosystem on the open continental shelf. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 Jun 14; 284(1856).
PMID: 28592668

Detecting, sourcing, and age-dating dredged sediments on the open shelf, southern California, using dead mollusk shells.
Detecting, sourcing, and age-dating dredged sediments on the open shelf, southern California, using dead mollusk shells. Mar Pollut Bull. 2017 Jan 15; 114(1):448-465.
PMID: 27745741

Biology in the Anthropocene: Challenges and insights from young fossil records.
Biology in the Anthropocene: Challenges and insights from young fossil records. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 21; 112(16):4922-9.
PMID: 25901315

The effects of temporal resolution on species turnover and on testing metacommunity models.
The effects of temporal resolution on species turnover and on testing metacommunity models. Am Nat. 2010 May; 175(5):587-606.
PMID: 20302427

Discordance between living and death assemblages as evidence for anthropogenic ecological change.
Discordance between living and death assemblages as evidence for anthropogenic ecological change. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 06; 104(45):17701-6.
PMID: 17965231

Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas.
Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas. Science. 2006 Jun 23; 312(5781):1806-9.
PMID: 16794081

Assessing the fidelity of the fossil record by using marine bivalves.
Assessing the fidelity of the fossil record by using marine bivalves. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 25; 103(17):6599-604.
PMID: 16617108

Shell composition has no net impact on large-scale evolutionary patterns in mollusks.
Shell composition has no net impact on large-scale evolutionary patterns in mollusks. Science. 2005 Feb 11; 307(5711):914-7.
PMID: 15705849

Preservation of species abundance in marine death assemblages.
Preservation of species abundance in marine death assemblages. Science. 2001 Nov 02; 294(5544):1091-4.
PMID: 11691990

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