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The life and work of T. J. M. Schopf (1939–1984)

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Stephen Jay Gould
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Paleobiology , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , Spring 1984 , pp. 280 - 285
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Books, Articles, and Essay-Reviews of Thomas J. M. Schopf

1.Schopf, T. J. M. 1966. Conodonts of the Trenton Group (Ordovician) in New York, Southern Ontario and Quebec. New York State Mus. Sci. Serv., Bull. 405.105 p.Google Scholar
2.Schopf, T. J. M. 1967a. Bottom temperatures on the continental shelf off New England. U.S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Pap. 575-D:D192–D197.Google Scholar
3.Schopf, T. J. M. 1967b. Names of phyla: Ectoprocta and Entoprocta, and Bryozoa. Syst. Zool. 16:276–278.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4.Schopf, T. J. M. 1967c. The literature of the Phylum Ectoprocta: 1555-1963. Syst. Zool. 16:318–327.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5.Schopf, T. J. M. and Manheim, F. T. 1967. Chemical composition of Ectoprocta (Bryozoa). J. Paleontol. 41:1197–1225.Google Scholar
6.Mangum, C. P. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1967. Is an Ectoprocta possible? [Oxygen consumption in a small marine invertebrate]. Nature. 213:264–266.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7.Schopf, T. J. M. 1968a. Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope of the United States—nineteenth-century exploration. U.S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Pap. 529F:F1–F12.Google Scholar
8.Schopf, T. J. M. 1968b. General characteristics of deep-sea bryozoa. Proceedings of First International Conference on Bryozoology. Atti della Soc. Ital. Sci. Natur. Mus. Civ. Stor. Natur. Milano. 108:152–154.Google Scholar
9.Schopf, T. J. M. 1968c. Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Bryozoa. Syst. Zool. 17:470–472.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
10.Schopf, T. J. M. and Ames, F. T. 1968. Systematics workshop. Science. 159:659.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11.Schopf, T. J. M. and Manheim, F. T. 1968. Chemical composition of Ectoprocta (Bryozoa): addenda. J. Paleontol. 42:858.Google Scholar
12.Schopf, T. J. M. and Ryland, J. S. 1968. Bryozoology. Science. 162:1034–1035.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
13.Maturo, F. J. S. Jr. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1968. Ectoproct and Entoproct type material: reexamination of species from New England and Bermuda named by A. E. Verrill, J. W. Dawson and E. Desor. Postilla. Yale Univ. 95 pp.Google Scholar
14.Schopf, T. J. M. 1969a. Paleoecology of ectoprocts (Bryozoans). J. Paleontol. 43:234–244.Google Scholar
15.Schopf, T. J. M. 1969b. Geographic and depth distribution of the Phylum Ectoprocta (Bryozoa) from 200-6000 m. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 113:464–474.Google Scholar
16.Schopf, T. J. M. 1970. Taxonomic diversity gradients of Ectoprocts and Bivalves and their geologic implications. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 81:3765–3768.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
17.Schopf, T. J. M. and Allan, J. R. 1970. Phylum Ectoprocta, Order Cheilostomata: microprobe analysis of calcium, magnesium, strontium and phosphorus in skeletons. Science. 169:280–282.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
18.Schopf, T. J. M. and Simpson, D. R. 1970. A method for finding conodonts in large, nearly barren samples. J. Paleontol. 44:164–165.Google Scholar
19.Gooch, J. L. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1970. Population genetics of marine species of the Phylum Ectoprocta. Biol. Bull. 138:138–156.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
20.Schopf, T. J. M., Farmanfarmaian, A., and Gooch, J. L. 1971. Oxygen consumption rates and their paleontologic significance. J. Paleontol. 45:247–252.Google Scholar
21.Schopf, T. J. M. and Gooch, J. L. 1971. Gene frequencies in a marine ectoproct: a cline in natural populations related to sea temperature. Evolution. 25:286–289.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
22.Gooch, J. L. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1971. Genetic variation in the marine ectoproct Schizoporella errata. Biol. Bull. 141:235–246.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
23.Schopf, T. J. M. 1972a. An approach to understanding evolutionary relationships in the Phylum Ectoprocta. Pp. 1–9. In: Meyerson, A. L. and Zois, C. S., eds. Papers on Marine Science: The Link Lecture Series. N.J. Marine Sci. Cons. Montclair State College; Montclair, N.J.Google Scholar
24.Schopf, T. J. M. 1972b. Bryozoology II. Science. 176:823–826.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
25.Schopf, T. J. M., ed. 1972c. Models in Paleobiology. 250 p. Freeman, Cooper; San Francisco.Google Scholar
26.Schopf, T. J. M. 1972d. Varieties of paleobiologic experience. Pp. 8–25. In: Schopf, T. J. M., ed. Models in Paleobiology. W. H. Freeman; San Francisco.Google Scholar
27.Dodd, J. R. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1972. Approaches to biogeochemistry. Pp. 46–60. In: Schopf, T. J. M., ed. Models in Paleobiology. W. H. Freeman; San Francisco.Google Scholar
28.Schopf, T. J. M. and Gooch, J. L. 1972. A natural experiment to test the hypothesis that loss of genetic variability was responsible for mass extinctions of the fossil record. J. Geol. 80:481–483.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
29.Schopf, T. J. M. 1973a. Population genetics of marine ectoprocts: status as of January, 1972. Pp. 585–592. In: Larwood, G. ed. Living and Fossil Bryozoa. Academic Press; New York.Google Scholar
30.Schopf, T. J. M. 1973b. Ergonomics of polymorphism: its relation to the colony as the unit of natural selection in species of the Phylum Ectoprocta. Pp. 247–294. In: Boardman, R. S., Cheetham, A. H., and Oliver, W. A., eds. Animal Colonies. Dowden, Hutchison and Ross; Stroudsburg, Pa.Google Scholar
31.Schopf, T.J. M. 1973c. Paleobiogeography. Review of: Atlas of Palaeobiogeography, Hallam, A., ed.; Faunal Provinces in Space and Time, Middlemiss, F. A., Rawson, P. F., and Newall, G., eds.; and Organisms and Continents through Time, Hughes, N. F., ed. Science. 181:431–433.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
32.Schopf, T. J. M. and Bassett, E. L. 1973. F. A. Smitt, marine bryozoa, and an application of the Darwinian Principle of Descent in 1868. Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. 63(7):1–30.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
33.Schopf, T.J. M. and Murphy, L. S. 1973. Genetic similarity and a model for the evolution of the hybridizing seastars Asterias forbesi and A. vulgaris. Biol. Bull. 145:589–597.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
34.Gooch, J. M. and Schopf, T.J. M. 1973. Genetic variability in the deep sea: relation to environmental variability. Evolution. 26:545–562.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
35.Raup, D. M., Gould, S. J., Schopf, T. J. M., and Simberloff, D. S. 1973. Stochastic models of phylogeny and the evolution of diversity. J. Geol. 81:525–542.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
36.Schopf, T. J. M. 1974a. Survey of genetic differentiation in a coastal zone invertebrate: the ectoproct Schizoporella errata. Biol. Bull. 146:78–87.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
37.Schopf, T. J. M. 1974b. Permo-Triassic extinctions: relation to sea-floor spreading. J. Geol. 82:129–143.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
38.Schopf, T. J. M. 1974c. Ectoprocts as associates of coral reefs: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Pp. 353–356. In: Cameron, A. M. et al., eds. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, v. 1. Great Barrier Reef Committee, Brisbane.Google Scholar
39.Schopf, T. J. M. 1974d. Presentation of the Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society to David M. Raup. J. Paleontol. 48:620–621.Google Scholar
40.Schopf, T. J. M. 1974e. Steady-state vs. empirical views of biological history. Review of: The Meaning of Fossils by M. J. S. Rudwick. Science. 183:945–946.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
41.Schopf, T. J. M., Raup, D. M., Gould, S. J., and Simberloff, D. S. 1975. Genomic vs. morphologic rates of evolution: influence of morphologic complexity. Paleobiology. 1:63–70.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
42.Schopf, T. J. M. 1975a. Theory in paleoecology. Review of: Models in Ecology, by John Maynard Smith. Paleobiology. 1:129–131.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
43.Schopf, T. J. M. 1975b. Oceans of the geological past. Review of: Studies in Paleo-oceanography, Hay, W. W., ed. Science. 187:431–433.Google Scholar
44.Raup, D. M., Gould, S. J., Schopf, T. J. M., and Simberloff, D. S. 1975. Stochastic models of phylogeny and the evolution of diversity: a reply. J. Geol. 83:126–127.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
45.Schopf, T. J. M. 1976a. Environmental versus genetic causes of morphologic variability in bryozoan colonies from the deep sea. Paleobiology. 2:156–165.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
46.Schopf, T. J. M. and Dutton, A. R. 1976. Parallel clines in morphologic and genetic differentiation in a coastal zone marine invertebrate: the bryozoan Schizoporella errata. Paleobiology. 2:255–264.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
47.Schopf, T. J. M. 1976b. Meeting ground for population genetics and paleontology. Review of: Molecular Evolution, Ayala, F. J., ed. Paleobiology. 2:275–278.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
48.Schopf, T. J. M. 1976c. Paleontological clocks. Review of: Growth Rhythms and the History of the Earth's Rotation, Rosenberg, G. D. and Runcorn, S. K., eds. Science. 191:375–376.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
49.Schopf, T. J. M. 1976d. Ancient tides. Review of: Tidal Deposits, Ginsburg, R. N., ed. Science. 192:780.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
50.Schopf, T. J. M. 1976e. Paleoceanography. Review of: Jurassic Environments, by A. Hallam. Science. 194:716–717.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
51.Raup, D. M., Gould, S. J., Schopf, T. J. M., and Simberloff, D. 1976. Stochastic models of phylogeny and evolution of diversity: a reply. J. Geol. 84:734–735.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
52.Schopf, T. J. M. 1977a. Patterns and themes of evolution among the Bryozoa. Pp. 159–207. In: Hallam, A., ed. Patterns of Evolution. Elsevier; Amsterdam.Google Scholar
53.Schopf, T. J. M. 1977b. Patterns of evolution: a summary and discussion. Pp. 547–561. In: Hallam, A., ed. Patterns of Evolution. Elsevier; Amsterdam.Google Scholar
54.Schopf, T. J. M. 1977c. Population genetics of Bryozoans. Pp. 459–561. In: Zimmer, R. and Wollacott, R., eds. Biology of Bryozoa. Academic Press; New York.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
55.Schopf, T. J. M. 1977d. Ecological genetics and speciation in marine Bryozoa. Mikrofauna Meeresboden. 61:305–306.Google Scholar
56.Schopf, T. J. M. 1977e. Microfossils. Review of: Conodont Paleoecology, Barnes, C. R., ed. Science. 196:1433.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
57.Schopf, T. J. M. 1977f. Response on receipt of the Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society. J. Paleontol. 51:653.Google Scholar
58.Gould, S. J., Raup, D. M., Sepkoski, J. J. Jr., Schopf, T. J. M., and Simberloff, D. S. 1977. The shape of evolution: a comparison of real and random clades. Paleobiology. 3:23–40.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
59.Schopf, T. J. M. 1978. Fossilization potential of an intertidal fauna: Friday Harbor, Washington. Paleobiology. 4:261–270.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
60.Schopf, T. J. M., Fisher, J. B., and Smith, C. A. F. III. 1978. Is the marine latitudinal diversity gradient merely another example of the species-area curve? Pp. 365–386. In: Battaglia, B. and Beardmore, J. A., eds. Marine Organisms: Genetics, Ecology and Evolution. Plenum; New York.Google Scholar
61.Schopf, T. J. M. 1979a. Fossil communities. Review of: The Ecology of Fossils, McKerrow, W. S., ed. Science. 203:999–1000.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
62.Schopf, T. J. M. 1979b. The role of biogeographic provinces in regulating marine faunal diversity through geologic time. Pp. 449–457. In: Boucot, A. J. and Gray, J., eds. Historical Biogeography: Plate Tectonics and the Changing Environment. Oregon State Univ. Press; Corvallis.Google Scholar
63.Schopf, T. J. M. 1979c. Evolving paleontological views on deterministic and stochastic approaches. Paleobiology. 5:337–352.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
64.Schopf, T.J. M. 1980a. Paleoceanography. 341 pp. Harvard Univ. Press; Cambridge, Mass.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
65.Schopf, T. J. M. 1980b. Topics and trends of presidential addresses of the Paleontological Society, 1909-1979. Pp. 1–24. In: Presidential Addresses of the Paleontological Society: An ARNO Press Anthology. ARNO Press; New York.Google Scholar
66.Schopf, T. J. M. 1980c. The genome—1980 syle. Paleobiology. 6:143–145.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
67.Schopf, T. J. M. 1980d. Invertebrate phylogeny. Review of: The Origins of Major Invertebrate Groups, House, M. R., ed. Science. 208:717–718.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
68.Schopf, T.J. M. 1980e. Macroevolution: the fifth dimension. Paleobiology. 6:380–382.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
69.Schopf, T. J. M., Collier, K. O., and Bach, B. O. 1980. Relation of the morphology of stick-like bryozoans to bottom currents and suspended matter and depth at Friday Harbor, Washington. Paleobiology. 6:466–476.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
70.Schopf, T. J. M. 1981a. Evidence from findings of molecular biology with regard to the rapidity of genomic change: implications for species durations. Pp. 91–142. In: Niklas, K. J., ed. Paleobotany, Paleoecology and Evolution, v. 1. Praeger; New York.Google Scholar
71.Schopf, T. J. M. 1981b. Punctuated equilibrium and evolutionary stasis. Paleobiology. 7:156–166.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
72.Wise, K. P. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1981. Was marine faunal diversity in the Pleistocene affected by changes in sea level? Paleobiology. 7:394–399.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
73.Schopf, T. J. M. 1982a. A critical assessment of punctuated equilibria. I. Duration of taxa. Evolution. 36:1144–1157.Google ScholarPubMed
74.Schopf, T. J. M. 1982b. Extinction of the dinosaurs: a 1982 understanding. Pp. 415–422. In: Silver, L. T. and Schultz, P. H., eds. Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap.190.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
75.Schopf, T. J. M. 1982c. Historical approaches versus equilibrium approaches to evolutionary data. Pp. 1–7. In: Nitecki, M. H., ed. Biochemical Aspects of Evolutionary Biology. Univ. Chicago Press; Chicago.Google Scholar
76.Schopf, T. J. M. 1982d. Evolution from the molecular viewpoint. Review of: Genome Evolution, Dover, G. A. and Flavell, R. B., eds.; and Evolution and Development, Bonner, J. T., ed. Science 217:438–440.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
77.Schopf, T. J. M. 1983a. Paleozoic black shales in relation to continental margin upwelling. Pp. 579–596. In: Thiede, J. and Suess, E., eds. Coastal Upwelling: Its Sediment Record. Part B: Sedimentary Records of Ancient Coast Upwelling. Plenum; New York.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
78.Schopf, T. J. M. 1983b. DNA structures: the fourth approach to comparative biology. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47:1159–1164.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
79.Schopf, T. J. M. 1983c Summary of a critical assessment of punctuated equilibria. Pp. 51–54. In: Chaline, J., ed. Modalités, Rythmes, Méchanismes de l'Évolution Biologique. Colloques Internat. Cent. Nat. Rech. Sci., no. 330.Google Scholar
80.Schopf, T. J. M. and Hoffman, A. 1983. Punctuated equilibria and the fossil record. Science. 219:438–439.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
81.Schopf, T. J. M. and Harrison, R. 1983. The Whitehead Institute symposium on forces molding the genome. Paleobiology. 9:322–325.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
82.Schopf, T. J. M. 1984a. Climate is only half the story in the evolution of organisms through time. In: Brenchley, P. J., ed. Fossils and Climate. John Wiley; New York.Google Scholar
83.Schopf, T. J. M. 1984b. Rates of evolution and the notion of living fossils. Ann. Rev. Earth Planetary Sci. 12:245–292.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
84.Schopf, T. J. M. 1984c. Genomic library and genome size of the cheilostome bryozoan Wattersipora cucullata. In: Nielson, C. and Larwood, G., eds. Pathways in Bryozoa. Submitted.Google Scholar
85.Chiment, J. J. and Schopf, T. J. M. 1984. Compendium of paleontologic dates of taxonomic divergence of use in molecular biology. Paleobiology. In press.Google Scholar