Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data

Type Article
Date 2015
Language English
Author(s) Pesant Stephane1, 2, Not Fabrice3, 4, Picheral Marc5, 6, Kandels-Lewis Stefanie7, 8, Le Bescot Noan3, Gorsky Gabriel5, 6, Iudicone DanieleORCID9, Karsenti Eric8, 10, Speich SabrinaORCID11, 12, Trouble Romain13, Dimier Celine3, Searson Sarah4, 14
Affiliation(s) 1 : PANGAEA, Data Publisher Earth & Environm Sci, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
2 : Univ Bremen, Ctr Marine Environm Sci, MARUM, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
3 : CNRS, UMR 7144, Stn Biol Roscoff, F-29680 Roscoff, France.
4 : UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, UMR 7144, Stn Biol Roscoff, F-29680 Roscoff, France.
5 : CNRS, UMR 7093, Observ Oceanol Villefranche Sur Mer OOV, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
6 : UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, Observ Oceanol Villefranche Sur Mer OOV, UMR 7093, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
7 : European Mol Biol Lab, Struct & Computat Biol, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
8 : European Mol Biol Lab, Directors Res, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
9 : Stn Zool Anton Dohm, Lab Ecol & Evolut Plankton, I-80121 Naples, Italy.
10 : Ecole Normale Super, Environm & Evolutionary Genom Sect, Inst Biol, CNRS,UMR 8197,U1024,INSERM, F-75005 Paris, France.
11 : Ecole Normale Super, LMD, Dept Geosci, F-75005 Paris, France.
12 : UBO IUEM, Lab Phys Ocean, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
13 : Tara Expedit, Base Tara, F-75004 Paris, France.
14 : Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Oceanog, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.
Source Scientific Data (Nature Publishing Group), 2015 , Vol. 2 , N. 150023 , P. 16p.
DOI 10.1038/sdata.2015.23
WOS© Times Cited 242
Abstract

The Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) sampled contrasting ecosystems of the world oceans, collecting environmental data and plankton, from viruses to metazoans, for later analysis using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies. It surveyed 210 ecosystems in 20 biogeographic provinces, collecting over 35,000 samples of seawater and plankton. The interpretation of such an extensive collection of samples in their ecological context requires means to explore, assess and access raw and validated data sets. To address this challenge, the Tara Oceans Consortium offers open science resources, including the use of open access archives for nucleotides (ENA) and for environmental, biogeochemical, taxonomic and morphological data (PANGAEA), and the development of on line discovery tools and collaborative annotation tools for sequences and images. Here, we present an overview of Tara Oceans Data, and we provide detailed registries (data sets) of all campaigns (from port-to-port), stations and sampling events.

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Pesant Stephane, Not Fabrice, Picheral Marc, Kandels-Lewis Stefanie, Le Bescot Noan, Gorsky Gabriel, Iudicone Daniele, Karsenti Eric, Speich Sabrina, Trouble Romain, Dimier Celine, Searson Sarah (2015). Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data. Scientific Data, 2(150023), 16p. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.23 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00600/71209/