User:Olive Ridley Turtle/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
 * Florida red-bellied cooter


 * Article Evaluation
 * Needs citation clean up. Geographic range and Biology are missing citations. It is written neutrally. This species is in WikiProject Turtles with Start and Low ratings. There is a request for this article to be expanded in the Talk page.
 * General ideas for expansion: I would expand on diet and behavior, include more about reproduction, more about how they are involved in the pet trade. I would also add pictures to show geographic range, carapace size and distinctive features, the types of plants it eats, etc. I would also fix and add citations to the reference section.


 * Sources
 * Buhlmann, K., Tuberville, T., & Gibbons, J. W. (2008). Turtles of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press.
 * 2020 Year of the Turtle – Florida Red-bellied Turtle | Panhandle Outdoors (ufl.edu)
 * Kramer, M. (1989). The behavior and natural history of the Florida red-bellied turtle, Pseudemys nelsoni: an ethological study (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Tennessee).

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Loggerhead musk turtle


 * Article Evaluation
 * Claims are cited. Sources seem reliable. Mentions razorback musk turtle for comparison, but may not be relevant. It is written neutrally. It is ranked as Stub and Low-importance by the WikiProject Turtles.
 * General ideas for expansion: I would expand on the habitat section, include more on the turtle's life cycle past hatchlings, and include information on diet and behavior. I would also add pictures relating to its range, diet, and habitat. I would also include whether it is threatened or a part of the pet trade.


 * Sources
 * Species Profile: Stripeneck / Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor) | SREL Herpetology (uga.edu)
 * Bels, V. L., & Crama, Y. J. M. (1994). Quantitative analysis of the courtship and mating behavior in the loggerhead musk turtle Sternotherus minor (Reptilia: Kinosternidae) with comments on courtship behavior in turtles. Copeia, 676-684.
 * Buhlmann, K., Tuberville, T., & Gibbons, J. W. (2008). Turtles of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press.
 * Conant, R., & Collins, J. T. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians: eastern and central North America (Vol. 12). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Barbour's map turtle


 * Article Evaluation
 * Ownership and Diet do not have citations. Sources look reliable. It is written neutrally. Uses a quote in the Description. It is ranked as Start and Low-importance by WikiProject Turtles according to its Talk page. There are two messages about changes made by a user in 2016 on the Talk page.
 * General ideas for expansion: I would expand on it's diet, include more on behaviors, include a section on life cycle and reproduction, include more on it's habitat, and more on whether it is part of the pet trade or endangered/threatened in the wild. I would also add pictures to categories such as range, diet, behavior, appearance, etc.


 * Sources
 * Barbour’s Map Turtle | FWC (myfwc.com) - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
 * Mays, J. D., & Hill, E. P. (2020). Distribution, abundance, and status of Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) in Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology: Celebrating 25 Years as the World's Turtle and Tortoise Journal, 19(2), 155-164.
 * Species Profile: Barbour's Map Turtle (Graptemys barbouri) | SREL Herpetology (uga.edu)
 * Buhlmann, K., Tuberville, T., & Gibbons, J. W. (2008). Turtles of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Chattahoochee bass


 * Article Evaluation
 * Page does not exist.
 * General ideas for expansion: I would include sections on its range, habitat conditions, a description of its size and appearance, life history, involvement in fishing activities, behaviors, diet, etc. I would also include pictures for categories relating to appearance, fishing, diet, habitat, etc.


 * Sources
 * Fish Identification | Department Of Natural Resources Division (georgiawildlife.com)
 * Baker, W. H., Blanton, R. E., & Johnston, C. E. (2013). Diversity within the Redeye Bass, Micropterus coosae (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 3635(4), 379-401.
 * Near, T. J., & Kim, D. (2021). Phylogeny and time scale of diversification in the fossil-rich sunfishes and black basses (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161, 107156.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Florida bass


 * Article Evaluation
 * Page does not exist.
 * General ideas for expansion: I would include sections on its appearance, life history, range, behavior, diet, conservation, habitat, etc. I would also include pictures for various categories like appearance, diet, habitat, etc.


 * Sources
 * Barthel, B. L., Lutz-Carrillo, D. J., Norberg, K. E., Porak, W. F., Tringali, M. D., Kassler, T. W., ... & Philipp, D. P. (2010). Genetic relationships among populations of Florida Bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 139(6), 1615-1641.
 * Khosa, D., South, J., Cuthbert, R. N., Wasserman, R. J., & Weyl, O. L. (2020). Temperature regime drives differential predatory performance in Largemouth Bass and Florida Bass. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103(1), 67-76.
 * Li, C., Gowan, S., Anil, A., Beck, B. H., Thongda, W., Kucuktas, H., ... & Peatman, E. (2015). Discovery and validation of gene‐linked diagnostic SNP markers for assessing hybridization between L argemouth bass (M icropterus salmoides) and F lorida bass (M. floridanus). Molecular ecology resources, 15(2), 395-404.