User:Hpayne4/Sheepshead minnow

Draft One:

The Sheepshead minnow can adapt to extremely hot and cold temperatures using thermoregulation. This is done using enzymatic processes. (These sentences can be added to the behavior section of the Wikipedia article.) Additionally microplastics are affecting and killing a large population of Sheepshead minnows due to the toxicological effects microplastics cause. (The last sentence I would add to status because pollution can affect the population and hurt the population possibly causing extinction.)

Draft Two:

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The sheepshead minnow is a eurytolerant fish able to withstand extreme temperatures and living in a wide range of environments. This species uses thermoregulation by altering enzymatic antioxidants in the body such as catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase concentration (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), total antioxidant capacity, and lipid peroxidation damage (LPO). All of these enzyme antioxidants are altered within the white muscle of the organism. As the human population continues to climb, microplastics are an increased risk to aquatic animals. When microplastics are ingested by a sheepshead minnow it decreases their swimming behavior and generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) and causes ROS-related molecular changes including enzymatic characteristics differing. The ROS causes toxicological affects that vary but ultimately decrease the quality of life within a sheepshead minnow and can lead to death.

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The first part of the paragraph until the last sentence “All of these enzyme antioxidants are altered within the white muscle of the organism.” Can be added to the behavior section of the Wikipedia article. The rest of the paragraph can be added to the status because pollution can affect the population and hurt the population. This could eventually lead to extinction.