Emma Wilczynski

Lindsey/Wilson

Junior Seminar

29 August 2019

Junior Project Works Cited

Chesley, Paul. "Find out about the world's ocean habitats and more." Oceans-facts and

information. 22 Mar. 2019. 13 Sept. 2019

<​https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/ocean/​>.

The main focus of this video is to give basic information about the world’s ocean. Some

facts are more interesting than helpful but it was really just about getting a solid understanding of

the basic information, especially because some of my sources are very advanced.

I believe this source to be very credible because National Geographic is a very well

known site and distributor of information and I don’t believe they would risk their reputation by

uploading a factually incorrect video.

We can use this information to build upon our basic knowledge of the ocean and use it to

fuel our questions for both our faculty and expert interviews.

Gauthier, Jason. “Data Collection - History - U.S. Census Bureau.” ​Data Collection - History -

U.S. Census Bureau​, ​www.census.gov/history/www/innovations/data_collection/​.

This article is very focused on the different types of collecting data from the most precise

to the most broad ways. It also has several links to more information about data collection, all

government-approved ideas and strategies.

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Quite simply, this source is very credible as it is a government funded website, if

everything wasn’t fact-checked and 100% correct and factual the government would never put

their seal of approval, so to speak, or the “.gov” at the end of the url.

Lastly, Isabella and I can use this website to aid us in our own data collection. This helps

answer out driving question because by collecting data about the reefs we are finding a way to

help Maui’s ecosystems, thus answering our driving question.

“Marine Life Research Tools & Methods.” ​MarineBio Conservation Society​, 8 June 2019,

marinebio.org/creatures/tools/.

This article is not actually super informative about any particular ocean related topic

pertaining to our project, however it lists the best and most reliable sources to get that

information from, something that would be very useful when collecting data about Maui’s reefs.

After reading through some stand-outs include: “Articles@PubMed” which is an archive of

biology-based essays/informative pieces, “Global Invasive Species Database” which outlines a

regions most prominent invasive species’, and finally “ReefBase” which provides high-level

information on the Earth’s reefs.

I have since checked some of the links that this website offers and many, if not all, of

them are very useful and often have urls that end in “.edu” or “.gov”, indicating that they are the

most reliable forms of website on the internet.

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29 August 2019

Isabella and I can use this information going forward with our project to compare data

and even the use of the data websites to compare the data we’ve collected.

“Maui Underwater Life: Ocean Animals Found on Maui.” ​Pride Of Maui,​

www.prideofmaui.com/about/underwater-life/.

This entire website is going to be very helpful to us with insights to the reef initiative and

the ocean life of Maui as well. Specifically the reef information will be helpful because it's

tailored specifically to Maui. It highlights why Maui’s reefs are so important, what coral

bleaching looks like, reef-safe sunscreen, and where you can find it.

Overall I would say this source is pretty reliable, though they do not provide an author,

the articles are all well written, with grammar and spelling in mind, and there are very little ads,

indicating that they may be a successful enough non-profit to not force ads on their page viewers.

Finally, this website will be most useful to Isabella and I to build our knowledge on coral

reef bleaching and how sunscreen plays a huge role in it. When we go snorkeling we will be sure

to wear reef-safe sunscreen and share this information with others.

Parsons, E C M, Brett Favaro, A Alonso Aguirre, Amy L Bauer, Louise K Blight, John A

Cigliano, Melinda A Coleman, Isabelle M Côté, Megan Draheim, Stephen Fletcher,

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Melissa M Foley, Rebecca Jefferson, Miranda C Jones, Brendan P Kelaher, Carolyn J

Lundquist,

Julie-Beth McCarthy, Anne Nelson, Katheryn Patterson, Leslie Walsh, Andrew J Wright, and

William J Sutherland. "Seventy-one important questions for the conservation of marine

biodiversity." Conservation biology : The journal of the Society for Conservation

Biology. Oct. 2014. BlackWell Publishing Ltd. 13 Sept. 2019

<​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264944/​>.

I believe the main idea of this article/question and answer page is to inform viewers of

some unanswered questions in the marine world as well as offer educated and informed

answers/overviews of their perspectives.

This source is very credible because it is a “.gov” site and has several authors with

degrees and copious amounts of knowledge in marine science. I don’t believe the government

would support something without knowing it was 100% true and factual information, therefore,

everything on the site should be credible and factual.

Finally, Isabella and I can use this source as our expert interview because it is experts

answering frequently asked questions in the marine research community. They also offer

unanswered questions which I believe will be very helpful when coming up with valuable,

thought provoking questions for both our expert and faculty interview.
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Riegl, Bernhard, et al. “Coral Reefs: Threats and Conservation in an Era of Global

Change.”

The Living Oceans Foundation,​ 2009,

www.livingoceansfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Riegl_CoralReefThr

eats.pdf​.

The main idea of this report is very clear, that the oceans reefs are being treated horrible

and we, as the prominent species on Earth and the origin of the problem need to do something

about it. However the report does state that the reefs have survived about 600 million years,

longer than most species alive today, and during that time period they have beared ice ages, heat

waves, overpopulation of other species causing underpopulation of theirs. It is noted in the report

that these previous threats to the ocean were naturally occurring, instead we’ve now created a

man-made problem, bigger than the reefs ever seen. Finally, there is a lot of info about coral

bleaching and how it relates to climate change. Coral “bleaching” doesn’t actually occur do to

bleach or a harmful man-made chemical, but rather from one that is exposed when the oceans get

too warm. This harmful chemical kills the living algae in the reefs (which gives them their bright

color) and therefore “bleaches” them.

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29 August 2019

This source is both useful and reliable. I know this because it has been published by Nova

Southeastern in Florida, an established biological studies school. According to

collegefactual.com NSU is, “a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality

educational programs…”.

Isabella and I can apply this scholarly article to increase our basic knowlage of coral reefs

and their destruction before we continue even finding other sources as we can use this as a

baseline for all of our information, knowing it is all factual and edited.