User:Fniseditor/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the wikipedia page on Phytoplankton.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article because it is relevant to the marine microbes we are discussing in class. Phytoplankton are primary producers that are the foundation of the food web. The also have an important role in carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling which maintains the balance of ocean.

Evaluate the article
While reading through this article, everything mentioned is relevant to the topic. It includes information on the types of phytoplankton, where they are found, their diversity in species, their growth strategies, what affects their abundance and productivity, their role in the ocean, and how anthropogenic changes have impacted the phytoplankton populations. I was slightly distracted by the aquaculture section that has to do with the cultivation of phytoplankton. I cannot think of anything that could be added, but the effects of anthropogenic changes to phytoplankton could be updated to reflect recent research. This article is written in a neutral tone, and a potentially controversial topic on climate change is well cited by many Nature articles. The links to the citations included work and they support the claims made in the article.