Dataset

Global scale surface meso-plankton dataset collected with Manta Net and imaged with ZooScan during the Tara Pacific Expedition

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The Tara Pacific expedition sampled differents ecosystems of the oceans during a two-year expedition (2016-2018), collecting environmental data and surface plankton of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, from viruses to metazoans, on board the 36-metre Tara Schooner. Mesoplankton and plastics were sampled using the Manta (300-micron mesh size) at sea surface.

 See https://doi.org/10.17882/102537 for more details.

Citation: Mériguet Z, Lombard F, Bourdin G, Jalabert L, Caray--Counil L, Maury J, Elineau A, Luiza Pedrotti M, Gorsky G, The Tara Pacific Consortium (2026). Global scale surface meso-plankton dataset collected with Manta Net and imaged with ZooScan during the Tara Pacific Expedition. Version 1.4. EcoTaxa. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-pac-zooscan-manta&v=1.4

Published: March 11, 2026 at 13:39

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

URL: https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-pac-zooscan-manta

Contacts:

Zoé Mériguet
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche

Fabien Lombard
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche

Guillaume Bourdin
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04401, USA

Laetitia Jalabert
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche

Louis Caray--Counil
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche

Juliette Maury
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche

Amanda Elineau
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche

Maria Luiza Pedrotti
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche

Gaby Gorsky
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche

The Tara Pacific Consortium
The Tara Pacific Consortium

2,290
occurrence records
7,056
measurements and facts
104
taxa
11
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 2,290
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

No quality flags.

Measurement types

DNA derived data