User:Hohl0020/Freshwater acidification/Schw1890 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Hohl0020


 * Link to draft you're reviewing:
 * User:Hohl0020/Freshwater acidification
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Freshwater acidification
 * Freshwater acidification

Evaluate the drafted changes
Content-

For the first sentence 'The ocean and the atmosphere are constantly exchanging massive amounts of CO2' I saw on the current document that it has been ID'ed for lacking a source backing it up/sounding too broad. I think it would read better if you briefly explained the surface gas exchange process and maybe the rate of exchange as well.

Cool mention of the salt buffer & absence in freshwater. Before transitioning into the freshwater part, maybe mention that dissolved CO2 releases hydrogen cations as well, as you mention them further down the paragraph and it may not be an obvious correlation to non-science readers. Also for the last sentence of this section, stating this claim (' Therefore, freshwater biota tends to have a higher evolutionary pH tolerance than seawater biota.') so blatantly makes it seem like it is fact. A rephrased version could list evolutionary adaptation as a contributing factor as to why pH tolerance is higher in freshwater species instead.

In the second section, I love the transition into how organisms are affected by pH regarding physiological impacts. However, it isn't as clear why mosses and algae thrive off of acidic environments - is it because they like the conditions of the extra decomposing organisms, or they actually get benefits from the acidity, etc?

Make sure to remember to add your sources! I think your expansion on this page is helping it get to a more rounded summary of the topic, especially since the freshwater topic itself is lacking research volume compared to marine ecosystems.

Overall the work done so far is maintaining a neutral tone and proper wiki organization, I am excited to read it once finished!