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Charles W. Thayer
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 14
Citations - 1256
Charles W. Thayer is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Seawater & Cretaceous. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications receiving 1194 citations.
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Biological bulldozers and the evolution of marine benthic communities.
TL;DR: During the Phanerozoic, the diversity of immobile suspension feeders living on the surface of soft substrata (ISOSS) declined significantly and changes in the structure of benthic communities are attributed to increased biological disturbance of the sediment by diversifying deposit feeders.
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and ratios in skeletal calcite of Mytilus trossulus: Covariation with metabolic rate, salinity, and carbon isotopic composition of seawater
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present measurements of skeletal chemistry from consecutive samples milled in chronological order from the organism's final year of growth and adjacent samples within three separate growth bands of the marine mussel Mytilus trossulus to investigate chemical disequilibrium effects among different parts of the shell.
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Bivalve skeletons record sea-surface temperature and δ18O via Mg/Ca and 18O/16O ratios
TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that for Mytilus trossulus, skeletal Mg/Ca ratios provide an accurate measure of temperature and that weekly sea-surface temperatures may be estimated with an apparent accuracy of approximately ± 1.5 °C.
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Brachiopods versus Mussels: Competition, Predation, and Palatability.
TL;DR: Competition from mussels (or mussel-like bivalves) is a plausible cause of the post-Paleozoic decline of articulates.
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Marine paleoecology in the Upper Devonian of New York
TL;DR: In the clastic Genesee Group of the Catskill delta, lateral changes of the fauna are believed to reflect onshore-offshore physicochemical gradients as discussed by the authors.