User:Andrewhoy/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Spondylus


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article's information is very well sourced and very relevant. The author used a wide range of sources and remains neutral. The claims all have citations. Overall this article is very good.


 * Sources
 * could have used this for a source on how their environment impacts their diet
 * Loor, A., Ortega, D., Lodeiros, C., & Sonnenholzner, S. (2016). Early life cycle and effects of microalgal diets on larval development of the spiny rock-scallop, Spondylus limbatus (Sowerby II, 1847). Aquaculture, 450, 328-334.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Bonamia ostreae


 * Article Evaluation
 * While there is not much information on this topic, the information is all relevant and well organized and cited. The claims all have citations just not many claims and not many citations.


 * Sources
 * Could have used this source to back up that these are immune to disease
 * Elston, R. A., Kent, M. L., & Wilkinson, M. T. (1987). Resistance of Ostrea edulis to Bonamia ostreae infection. Aquaculture, 64(3), 237-242.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Obovaria arkansasensis


 * Article Evaluation
 * While this article had a lot of good information, it did not have as many citations, which I believe may cause this article to be slightly bias, however all claims are cited.


 * Sources
 * this source could have been used to help support how this species deals with higher climates
 * Khan, J. M., Hart, M., Dudding, J., Robertson, C. R., Lopez, R., & Randklev, C. R. (2019). Evaluating the upper thermal limits of glochidia for selected freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in central and east Texas, and the implications for their conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(8), 1202-1215.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Sea silk


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is a lot of really good information that is cited very well. The author did a very good job at supporting all of their claims and making a good article.


 * Sources
 * Could have used this source to describe some of their self healing properties.
 * Pasche, D., Horbelt, N., Marin, F., Motreuil, S., Fratzl, P., & Harrington, M. J. (2019). Self-healing silk from the sea: role of helical hierarchical structure in Pinna nobilis byssus mechanics. Soft matter, 15(47), 9654-9664.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Venerupis corrugata


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a very short article with not many citations but a lot of good information. The lack of citation makes me think it may be slightly bias however a lot of the information is cited. I think adding a wider range of sources would help


 * Sources
 * This would help learn more about their diets
 * Fernández-Pardo, A., da Costa, F., Rial, D., Nóvoa, S., Martínez-Patiño, D., & Vázquez, J. A. (2016). Use of response surface methodology to determine optimum diets for Venerupis corrugata larvae: effects of ration and microalgal assemblages. Aquaculture, 452, 283-290.