SSETI Publications

Wei-Jun Cai, Feizhou Chen, Eric N. Powell, Sally E. Walker, Karla M. Parsons-Hubbard, George M. Staff, Yongchen Wang, Kathryn A. Ashton-Alcox, W. Russell Callender, Carlton E. Brett, in press. Preferential dissolution of carbonate shells driven by petroleum seep activity in the Gulf of Mexico, Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Larsen, Kim, 2003. The tanaidacean fauna (Peracarida) from a deep-sea cold-seep in the Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Crustacean Biology, v. 23(4), p. 777-794.

Powell, E. N., Parsons-Hubbard, K. M., Callender, W. R., Staff, G. M., Rowe, G. T., Brett, C. E., Walker, S. E., Raymond, A., Carlson, D. D., White, S., Heise, E. A., 2002, Taphonomy on the continental shelf and slope: two-year trends – Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 184:1–35.

Callender, W.R., Staff, G.M., Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Powell, E.N., Rowe, G.T., Walker, S.E., Brett, C.E., Raymond, A., Carlson, D., White, S., Heiss, E.A., 2002. Taphonomic trends along a forereef slope: Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. I. Location and water depth, Palaios, v. 17, p. 50-65.

Staff, G.M., Callender, W.R., Powell, E.N., Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Brett, C.E., Walker, S.E., Carlson, D., White, S., Raymond, A., Heiss, E.A., 2002. Taphonomic trends along a forereef slope: Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. II. Time, Palaios v. 17, p. 66-83.

Walker, S.E., Parsons-Hubbard, K., Powell, E.N., Brett, C.E., 2002. Predation on Experimentally deployed molluscan shells from shelf to slope depths in a tropical carbonate environment. Palaios, v. 17, p. 147-170.

Parsons-Hubbard, Karla M., Powell, Eric N., Staff, George M., Callender, W. Russell, Brett, Carlton E., and Walker, Sally E., 2001. The effect of burial on shell preservation and epibiont cover in Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas Shelf and Slope Environments after two years: An experimental approach, in Aller, Josephine Y., Woodin, Sarah A., and Aller, Robert C., editors, Organism-Sediment Interactions. The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science No. 21, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina.

Powell, E.N., G.M. Staff, R.J. Stanton, Jr. and W.R. Callender: 2001, Application of trophic transfer efficiency and age structure in the trophic analysis of fossil assemblages. Lethaia 34:97-118.

Callender, R. and E.N. Powell. 2000, Long-term history of chemoautotrophic clam-dominated faunas of petroleum seeps in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Facies 43:177-204.

Callender, W.R. and E.N. Powell. 1999, Why did ancient chemosynthetic seep and vent assemblages occur in shallower water than they do today? Int. J. Earth Sciences 88:377-391.

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Callender, W.R., Powell, E.N., Brett, C.E., Walker, S.E., Raymond, A.L., and Staff, G.M., 1999. Rates of Burial and Disturbance of Experimentally-Deployed Molluscs: Implications for Preservation Potential, Palaios, 14:337-351.

Powell, E.N., W.R. Callender and R.J. Stanton Jr. 1998, Can shallow- and deep-water chemoautotrophic and heterotrophic communities be discriminated in the fossil record? Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 144:85-114.

Walker, S.E., Parsons-Hubbard, K., Powell, E.N., and Brett, C.E., 1998. Bioerosion or bioaccumulation? Shelf-slope trends for epi-and endobionts on experimentally deployed gastropod shells, Historical Biology, 13:61-72.

Parsons, K.M., Powell, E.N., Brett, C.E., Walker, S., Raymond, A. Callender, R., and Staff, G., 1997. Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative (SSETI): Bahamas and Gulf of Mexico, Proc. 8th Intl. Coral Reef Symposium, Vol. 2, p. 1807-1812.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Walker, S.E., Brett, C.E., Powell, E.N., Jones, D.C., 2005. Encrusting biont guild distribution on euphotic to aphotic hard surfaces in the modern Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas”, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37(7), p. 404.

Lichlyter, S., Heise, E. and Raymond, A., 2004, Experimentally-deployed wood on the sea floor: Implications for understanding the teredolites ichnofacies. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs 36(6):65.

Mutel*, Matt M., Waugh, David, Feldmann, Rodney, and Parsons-Hubbard, Karla, 2004. Experimental Taphonomy of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: Environmental and cuticular controls on preservation, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36(5) p. 65.

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Powell, E.N., Walker, S.E., Callender, R., Staff, G., Ashton-Alcox, K, and Shepard, R., 2004. Molluscs and crabs in a pickle: A brine seep Konservat-Lagerstätte. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36(5), p. 66.

Boore*, Stacy and Parsons-Hubbard, Karla M., 2003. Depth trends in encrusting communities on mollusk shells from 15m to 275m, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34(7), p.189.

Kirrane*, John J. and Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., 2003. Epifaunal interactions and settlement patterns across a depth gradient over six years, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34(7) p. 189.

Parsons-Hubbard, K. M., E. N. Powell, G. M. Staff, W. R. Callender, S. E. Walker, C. E. Brett, A. Raymond, 2002. Long-term decay rates in organism remains from 15-600m depth: Progress report from 8-year experiments of the Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34:36.

Cai, W. J., F. Chen, K. M. Parsons-Hubbard, S. E. Walker, and E. Powell, 2002. Carbonate Dissolution/Precipitation and redox chemistry at a petroleum seep site in Gulf of Mexico continental margin sediments: Evidence from fine-scale pore water study, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 334.

Parsons-Hubbard, K., J. Altieri [OC-03], R. Krause, R. Lincoln*, and R. Shepard*, 2002. Rates of disarticulation in crabs and urchins on the continental shelf and slope: How spineless and crabby would you be after eight years on the sea floor? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 357.

Parsons-Hubbard, K., Walker, Sally E., Powell, Eric N., Brett, Carlton E., Callender, Russell, Raymond, Anne, and Staff, George, 2002. Taphonomic trends in organism remains (Molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, and wood) over eight years from shelf to slope depths in the Bahamas and Gulf of Mexico. First International Palaeontological Congress, Glenn A. Brock and John A. Talent, eds. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts No, 68, p. 127.

Walker, Sally E., Parsons-Hubbard, K., Brett, Carlton E., Powell, Eric N. 2002. Shelf-to-slope trends in biological taphonomy associated with experimentally-deployed gastropod shells, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. First International Palaeontological Congress, Glenn A. Brock and John A. Talent, eds. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts No, 68, p. 164.

Walker, Sally E., and Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., 2001. Paleoenvironmental potential of encrusting foraminifera on experimentally-deployed mollusk shells, shelf/slope settings, Bahamas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. 1-160.

Lincoln*, R., Parsons-Hubbard, K., 2000. Disarticulation and dissolution of Callinectes across time and depth gradents in the Bahamas, Geological Society of America, NC Section, Abstracts with Programs [60149]

Nytch*, C., Parsons-Hubbard, K., 2000. Bad-boy bryozoan biomarkers: Cheilostome distribution patterns along a Bahamian depth gradient, Geological Society of America, North Central Section, Abstracts with Programs. [60124]

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Powell, E.N., Staff, G.M., Callender, W.R., Brett, C.E., Walker, S.E., 1999. The effect of shallow burial and sediment type on shell preservation from shelf to slope environments, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. A421.

Heise, E.A., Raymond, A., Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Walker, S.E., 1999. Fossilization potential and recycling of wood by isopods on a carbonate platform, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, p. A419.

Powell, E.N. 1999, Application of trophic transfer efficiency and age structure in the trophic analysis of fossil assemblages. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr. 31:A106.

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., E.N. Powell, S.E. Walker, C.E. Brett, D. Carlson, 1998. Depth trends for encrusting organisms on bivalve shells from 15 to 285 meters, Exuma Sound, Bahamas, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Toronto, p. A-117

Powell, E. N., K.M. Parsons-Hubbard, G. Staff, W.R. Callender, C.E. Brett, S.E. Walker, 1998. Exposure vs. Shallow Burial of Experimentally Deployed Bivalves: Effects on Shell Preservation and on the Types and Distribution of Epibiotic Organisms. Organism-Sediment Interactions Symposium, Belle Baruch Inst. For Marine Biology and Coastal Res., Univ. of S. Carolina, Oct. 23-25.

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., Powell, E.N., Callender, W.R., Brett, C.E., Walker, S.E., Raymond, A.L., and Staff, G.M., 1998. Rates of burial and disturbance for experimentally deployed shell accumulations from shallow carbonate shelf to deep clastic slope environments. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 17-28 (published on CD-ROM).

Walker, S.E., Parsons, K., Powell, E. and Brett, C. 1997, Molluscan Taphonomy from shelf and slope settings. Southeast. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr 29:76.

Staff, G.M., W.R. Callender, K. Parsons and E.N. Powell. 1997, Trends in taphonomic alteration with depth and duration of exposure on a forereef slope (Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas). Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr 29:A267.

Parsons-Hubbard, K.M., E.N. Powell and W.R. Callender. 1997, Burial and transport of experimentally deployed shells after two years: Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr 29:A267.

Parsons, K.M., E.N. Powell, C.E. Brett, S.E. Walker and W.R. Callender, 1996, Taphonomic variability in molluscs on the Bahamas shelf margin and slope. Depositional environment vs. shell type after one and two years. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr 28:A364..

Powell, E.N., C. Brett, S. Walker, A. Raymond, R. Callender, G. Rowe, G. Staff, and K. Parsons, 1995, The SSETI Program (Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative): description and progress report. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr. 27:A133.

Walker, S.E., C.E. Brett, K. Parsons, and E.N. Powell, 1995, Molluscan experimental taphonomy: shelf-slope trends for epi- and endobionts on gastropod shells. Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. W. Progr. 27:A133.