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a) The ecological source of information I have found is as follows: Kahn, AS, JWF Chu, and SP Leys. “Trophic Ecology of Glass Sponge Reefs in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.” Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, 2018, pp. 756-11. This source was found on the library website.
b) This article is a research, peer-reviewed, academic source
c) This article is a research article as it outlines a typical research article format (ie. Abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion), has a descriptive title, the authors of the article (researchers) are associated with a university/institute (as seen by the citation besides their names) and it includes data from their findings. It is an academic source as it is published in an academic journal and including references to supporting research and has in-text citations. The article is peer reviewed as the revision and publication dates are noted.