Dataset

Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >200 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a WPII net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform.

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The Tara Oceans project sampled contrasting ecosystems of the world oceans during a three-year expedition (2009-2013), collecting environmental data and plankton, from viruses to metazoans, on board the 36-metre Tara Schooner. It surveyed 210 ecosystems in 20 biogeographic provinces, collecting over 35,000 samples of seawater and plankton. Samples were later analysed using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies.

Citation: Romagnan, J.B., Jalabert, L., Olivier, M., Elineau, A., Brandao, M., Caray-Counil, L., Dimier, C., Picheral, M., Searson, S., Kandels-Lewis, S., Tara Oceans Consortium Coordinators, Karsenti, E., Pesant, S., Irisson, J.O., Lombard, F., Stemmann, L., Gorsky, G.; (2020) Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >200 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a WPII net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/521

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:37

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=dasid_6515

Louis Caray-Counil
Sorbonne Université

Tara Oceans Consortium Coordinators
Tara Oceans Consortium

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

8,290
occurrence records
23,058
measurements and facts
122
taxa
19
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 8,290
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 23
0.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data