Talk:Red Sea mangroves

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Did you know... that despite a global decline in mangrove forests, Red Sea mangroves have expanded in area since 1972?

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The result was: promoted by Spaghettifier talk 20:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that unlike other mangrove ecosystems, Red Sea mangroves have been expanding in area since 1972?

Source: Almahasheer, H; Aljowair, A; Duarte, CM; Irigoien, X (2016). "Decadal stability of Red Sea mangroves". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169: 164–172.

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Created by Hike395 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

— hike395 (talk) 13:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review. Alex2006 (talk) 05:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Very short article barely over the minimum length about an interesting habitat of the Read Sea. Newness is ok, hook is cited and interesting. The article is well sourced, and earwig could not detect any plagiarism. Picture has a valid license and clear at 100 pixels. No QPQ required. My only remark for @Hike395: is that it would be nice to add to the article some information present in the two online source about the economic and ecological significance of the mangroves. This would make the article longer and above all more interesting. Alex2006 (talk) 05:54, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added material about economic benefits (e.g., ecosystem services) and more about ecological significance. — hike395 (talk) 06:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very good, good to go now! Alex2006 (talk) 08:35, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]