User:Eewton/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.

** Note: the sources I have gathered for this assignment are mostly microbiology related, since that is my field and I presume it is likely the type of contribution I will be making to our group. I have included a few articles not belonging to microbiology to show the breadth of knowledge on the topic.

Option 1

 * Mercury cycle
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article seems like it would be a good choice to expand upon. It is very brief and does not include a wide variety of fields that contribute to the understanding of mercury in a biogeochemical world. Some possible topics to include are: how microbes interact with mercury depending on environmental conditions (see source 1 as an example reference to include); an example of mercury cycling in a specific biome (I am in a group that is interested in polar regions, so I would offer examining the Arctic zone) (see source 2); chemical and physical processes that influence mercury movement through systems. This article is written objectively, and I believe with more information added it will stay objective. This topic has a wide variety of research conducted on it (see sources 3-5 for examples), so it is likely we will not come across a shortage of information when expanding this article. Wikiproject? objective and ability to stay objective? has wiki notability? enough sources to write effectively about it? content gap?


 * Sources
 * Boyd, E, Yu, R, Barkay, T, Hamilton, T, Baxter, B, Naftz, D, Marvin-DiPasquale, M. Effect of salinity on mercury methylating benthic microbes and their activities in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Science of The Total Environment 581-582 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.157
 * Poulain, A, Chadhain, S, Ariya, P, Amyot, M, Garcia, E, Campbell, P, Zylstra, G, Barkay, T. Potential for Mercury Reduction by Microbes in the High Arctic. Applied Environmental Microbiology 73:7 (2007). DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02701-06
 * Ruuskanen, M, Aris-Brosou, S, Poulain, A. Swift evolutionary response of microbes to a rise in anthropogenic mercury in the Northern Hemisphere. ISME Journal 14 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0563-0
 * Tseng, C, Lamborg, C, Fitzgerald, W, Engstrom, D. Cycling of dissolved elemental mercury in Arctic Alaskan lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68:6 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2003.07.023
 * Frischmuth, A, Weppen, P, Deckwer, W. Microbial transformation of mercury(II): I. Isolation of microbes and characterization of their transformation capabilities. Journal of Biotechnology 29:1-2 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1656(93)90039-P

Option 2

 * Sea ice
 * Article Evaluation
 * Though the Sea Ice article is extensive, the present information focuses mostly on chemical and physical processes that occur in sea ice. Thus, I would suggest this article to expand upon, including sections for microbiology, biology, research in sea ice, light penetration and general physics including effects on microbes, and expanding on the climate change section with updated information and a more in-depth analysis. The article is objective and there is a plethora of knowledge and research to expand on this article, so it seems to be a feasible choice. A 'fun' challenge would be to make a 'current research' section that is readable to high schoolers who may be first learning about sea ice and BGC research in general.


 * Sources
 * DeRegentigny, P, Jahn, A, Holland, M, Smith, A. Arctic Sea Ice in Two Configurations of the CESM2 During the 20th and 21st Centuries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125:9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016133
 * Schartup, A, Soerensen, A, Heimburger-Boavida, L-E. Influence of the Arctic Sea-Ice Regime Shift on Sea-Ice Methylated Mercury Trends. Environmental Science and Technology Letters (2020). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00465
 * Chandler, D, Mackie, S. Observations of late-winter marine microbial activity in an ice-covered fjord, west Greenland. Earth System Science Data 12 (2020). https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-897-2020
 * Barber, D, Ehn, J, Pucko, M, Rysgaard, S, Deming, J, Bowman, J, Papakyriakou, T, Galley, R, Sogaard, D. Frost flowers on young Arctic sea ice: The climatic, chemical, and microbial significance of an emerging ice type. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 119:20 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD021736

Option 3

 * Antarctic
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is given a percentile completeness of 47%, and it seems accurate when working through the article. I believe this article could be improved upon greatly in all of its sections. I think the article would also benefit from including new sections relating to biology (especially microbiology) and physical processes. Ideas for specific sections could be evolution of the area, weather patterns, ocean currents and how they affect various processes throughout the world (eg mixing old and new waters), biology, and microbiology. The article has just enough information to get a group started, allowing the group to delve into depth about all the topics that are covered and update information without having to rewrite what has already been added.
 * This article is given a percentile completeness of 47%, and it seems accurate when working through the article. I believe this article could be improved upon greatly in all of its sections. I think the article would also benefit from including new sections relating to biology (especially microbiology) and physical processes. Ideas for specific sections could be evolution of the area, weather patterns, ocean currents and how they affect various processes throughout the world (eg mixing old and new waters), biology, and microbiology. The article has just enough information to get a group started, allowing the group to delve into depth about all the topics that are covered and update information without having to rewrite what has already been added.


 * Sources
 * Gordonrid, D, Priscu,, Giovannoniid, S. Origin and Phylogeny of Microbes Living in Permanent Antarctic Lake Ice. Microbial Ecology 39 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002480000016
 * Bolter, M, Kandeler, E, Pietr, S, Seppelt, R. Heterotrophic Microbes, Microbial and Enzymatic Activity in Antarctic Soils. Ecological Studies 154 (2002). Book.
 * Pahnke, K, Goldstein, S, Hemming, S. Abrupt changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation over the past 25,000 years. Nature Geoscience 1 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo360
 * Santoso, A, England, M. Antarctic Intermediate Water Circulation and Variability in a Coupled Climate Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography 34:10 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034&#x3C;2160:AIWCAV&#x3E;2.0.CO;2

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