Above: View of the Grand Canyon from the north rim sitting atop the Kaibab Limestone. Photo credit, David Moss.
Moss, D.K., Ivany, L.C., Surge, D., Casper, +S., +Fancher, A., Thomas, R.D.K. 2024. Latitudinal life history gradients in two Pliocene species of Glycymeris (Bivalvia). Historical Biology. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2357608
Johnson, A.L.A., Schone, B.R., Leng, M.J., Bhattacharya, T., Moss, D.K., Ivany, L.C., Duff, R.D. 2024. Sclerochronological evidence of life history and ambient temperature from modern and early Pleistocene Glycymeris americana (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the U.S. eastern seaboard. Palaios, v. 39, p. 175-193. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palao.2023.034
Guida, R.J., Nelson, V., Strait, J.B., Fujimoto-Strait, A.R., Richardson, H.N., and Moss, D.K. 2024. Elevating teacher-faculty professional development to move secondary geography education forward: A southeast Texas case study. Journal of Geography, DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2024.2369574
Hughes, H.P., Surge, D., Orland, I.J., Zettler, M.L., and Moss, D.K. 2023. Seasonal SIMS δ18O record in Astarte borealis from the Baltic Sea tracks a modern regime shift in the NAO. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1293823.
Moss, D.K., Surge, D., Zettler, M.L., Orland, I.J., +Burnette, A., and +Fancher, A. 2021. Age and growth of Astarte borealis (Bivalvia) from the southwestern Baltic Sea using secondary ion mass spectrometry. Marine Biology 168:133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03935-7.
Moss, D.K., Ivany, L.C., and Jones, D.S. 2021. Fossil bivalves and the sclerochronological reawakening. Paleobiology, v. 47, no.4, p. 551-573 https://doi:10.1017/pab.2021.16
*Palmer, K.L., Moss, D.K., Surge, D., and Turek, S. 2021. Life history patterns of modern and fossil Mercenaria spp. From warm vs. cold climates. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecologyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110227 Saulsbury, J.; Moss, D.K.; Ivany, LC..; Kowalewski, M.;Lindberg, D.R.; Gillooly, J.F.; Heim, N. A.; McClain, C.R.; Payne, J.L.; Roopnarine, P.D.; Schoene, B.; Goodwin, D.; Finnegan, S. 2019. Idiographic and nomothetic approaches to heterogeneity are complementary: Response to comments on “Evaluating the influnces of temperature, primary production, and evolutionary history on bivalve growth rates.”Paleobiology, v. 46, no. 2, p. 275-277. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2020.20 Saulsbury, James, Moss, David K., Ivany, Linda C., Kowalewski, Michal., Lindberg, David R., Gillooly, James F., Heim, Noel A., McClain, Craig R., Payne, Jonathan L., Roopnarine, Peter D., Schone, Bernd R., Goodwin, David, Finnegan, Seth. 2019. Evaluating the influences of temperature, primary production, and evolutionary history on bivalve growth rates. Paleobiology, v. 45, no. 3, p. 405-420. DOI: 10.1017/pab.2019.20
Moss, David K., Surge, Donna, Khaitov, Vadim. Lifespan and growth of Astarte borealis (Bivalvia) from Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea, Russia. 2018. Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2290-9.
Moss, David K., Ivany, Linda C., Silver, Robert B., Schue, John, and Artruc, Emily G. High latitude settings promote extreme longevity in fossil bivalves. 2017. Paleobiology, v. 43, p.365-382.
Moss, David K., Ivany, Linda C., Judd, Emily J., Cummings, Partrick W., Bearden, Claire E., Kim, Woo-Jun, Artruc, Emily G., and Driscoll, Jeremy R. 2016. Latitudinal patterns in lifespan and growth rate across modern marine bivalves with implications for Phanerozoic evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 238.
Moss, David K. and Westrop, Stephen R. 2014. Systematics of some Late Ordovician encrinurine trilobites from Laurentian North America. Journal of Paleontology, v. 88, p. 1095-1119.
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