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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Susan M. Kidwell is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics of Kidwell's work include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview

Kidwell has published extensively in several recurring academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Paleobiology
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Marine Geology
  • Palaios

Frequent collaborators in Kidwell's research include:

  • Adam Tomášových
  • Caitlin A. Meadows
  • Dany Burgess
  • Broc S. Kokesh
  • Ran Dai

Recent papers authored by Kidwell provide insight into their research focus and contributions in various areas:

  • "Arctic bivalve dead-shell assemblages as high temporal- and spatial- resolution archives of ecological regime change in response to climate change," 2022, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Mixing depths and sediment accumulation rates on an arid tropical shelf based on fine-fraction 210Pb analysis," 2020, Marine Geology
  • "A downcore increase in time averaging is the null expectation from the transit of death assemblages through a mixed layer," 2023, Paleobiology
  • "STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY REVEALS 100 KY-SCALE CONDENSATION, BEVELING, AND INTERNAL SHINGLING OF TRANSGRESSIVE SHELL BEDS IN THE MARYLAND MIOCENE," 2022, Palaios
  • "Bioturbation increases time averaging despite promoting shell disintegration: a test using anthropogenic gradients in sediment accumulation and burrowing on the southern California shelf," 2024, Paleobiology

Kidwell has been recognized by peers with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002

Best Publications

  • Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems.

    Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Michael Xavier Kirby;Wolfgang H. Berger;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Taphonomy and time-averaging of marine shelly faunas

    Susan M. Kidwell;Daniel W. J. Bosence;Peter A. Allison;Derek E. G. Briggs

  • Taphonomy and paleobiology

    Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Susan M. Kidwell;Robert A. Gastaldo

  • Conceptual framework for the analysis and classification of fossil concentrations

    Susan M. Kidwell;Franz T. Fuersich;Thomas Aigner

  • The Quality of the Fossil Record: Populations, Species, and Communities

    Susan M. Kidwell;Karl W. Flessa

  • Taphonomy's contributions to paleobiology

    Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Susan M. Kidwell

  • Preservation of species abundance in marine death assemblages.

    Susan M. Kidwell

  • The stratigraphy of shell concentrations.

    Susan M. Kidwell;Peter A. Allison;Derek E. G. Briggs

  • Models for Fossil Concentrations: Paleobiologic Implications

    Susan M. Kidwell

  • TIME-AVERAGING AND FIDELITY OF MODERN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: BUILDING A TAPHONOMIC FOUNDATION FOR CONSERVATION PALAEOBIOLOGY

    Susan M. Kidwell

  • Field description of coarse bioclastic fabrics

    Susan M. Kidwell;Steven M. Holland

  • The Quality of the Fossil Record: Implications for Evolutionary Analyses

    Susan M. Kidwell;Steven M. Holland

  • Stratigraphic Condensation of Marine Transgressive Records: Origin of Major Shell Deposits in the Miocene of Maryland

    Susan M. Kidwell

  • Taphonomic Feedback Ecological Consequences of Shell Accumulation

    Susan M. Kidwell;David Jablonski

  • Time-averaged molluscan death assemblages: Palimpsests of richness, snapshots of abundance

    Susan M. Kidwell

  • Conservation Paleobiology: Leveraging Knowledge of the Past to Inform Conservation and Restoration

    Gregory P. Dietl;Gregory P. Dietl;Susan M. Kidwell;Mark Brenner;David A. Burney

  • Scales of climatic variability and time averaging in Pleistocene biotas: implications for ecology and evolution.

    Kaustuv Roy;James W. Valentine;David Jablonski;Susan M. Kidwell

  • Experimental disintegration of regular echinoids; roles of temperature, oxygen, and decay thresholds

    Susan M. Kidwell;Tomasz Baumiller

  • Time-averaging in the marine fossilrecord: Overview of strategies and uncertainties

    Susan M. Kidwell

  • Bivalve taphonomy in tropical mixed siliciclastic-carbonate settings. II. Effect of bivalve life habits and shell types

    Mairi M. R. Best;Susan M. Kidwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Tomašových
Adam Tomašových Slovak Academy of Sciences
Raymond R. Rogers
Raymond R. Rogers Macalester College
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Anna K. Behrensmeyer National Museum of Natural History
Robert A. Gastaldo
Robert A. Gastaldo Colby College
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Michał Kowalewski
Michał Kowalewski Florida Museum of Natural History
Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland University of Georgia
Karl W. Flessa
Karl W. Flessa University of Arizona
Jeremy B. C. Jackson
Jeremy B. C. Jackson American Museum of Natural History
David Jablonski
David Jablonski University of Chicago

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