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The result was: promoted by Flibirigit (talk) 02:56, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Spheciospongia vesparium

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• ... that sites in Florida Bay with an abundance of loggerhead sponges experience few algal blooms?

• Reviewed: Richard Worsam Meade I

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 19:33, 9 October 2018 (UTC).

• Article is new enough, long enough (5x expansion), and well referenced. No copyvio detected. QPQ is done. The hook is interesting but appears to be inaccurate. It says the sponge prevents algal blooms while the article says it controls cyanobacterial blooms. -Zanhe (talk) 07:52, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

• @Zanhe: Our article on algal blooms states "Cyanobacteria were mistaken for algae in the past, so cyanobacterial blooms are sometimes also called algal blooms." Does that solve the problem or should I rephrase something? You will notice that the relevant research abstract associates the presence of many sponges with few or no blooms, but does not state that one causes the other. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:00, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

• The article says calling cyanobacteria algae is a mistake and cyanobacterial blooms are "sometimes" called algal blooms. I feel that for the sake of accuracy, it'd be best not to equate the two in the hook. -Zanhe (talk) 23:44, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

• @Zanhe: How about ALT1 or ALT2 then? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:10, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that sites in Florida Bay with an abundance of loggerhead sponges experience few blooms of cyanobacteria?
• ALT2 ... that sites in Florida Bay with an abundance of loggerhead sponges experience few blooms of cyanobacteria?

It took me a while to figure out the difference between ALT1 and ALT2 :-). I prefer ALT2, as it links to cyanobacteria. ALT2 good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 00:56, 13 October 2018 (UTC)