Global scale surface meso-plankton dataset collected with Deck Net and imaged with Flowcam during the Tara Pacific Expedition
Citation
Mériguet Z, Lombard F, Bourdin G, Jalabert L, Bun O, Caray--Counil L, Elineau A, Gorsky G, The Tara Pacific Consortium (2026). Global scale surface meso-plankton dataset collected with Deck Net and imaged with Flowcam during the Tara Pacific Expedition. Version 1.4. EcoTaxa. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-pac-flowcam-decknet&v=1.4. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8957
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Mériguet, Zoé ;
Lombard, Fabien Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
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. Surface microplankton were collected using a custom-built water pumping system called the Dolphin, designed for use while sailing at high speed. The pumped water was filtered through a 20 µm mesh net (Deck-Net) installed on the deck of the schooner Tara. See https://doi.org/10.17882/102697 for more details. Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Plankton > Mesoplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Global · Habitats and biotopes · Imaging · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Plankton · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Acantharia · Animalia · Annelida · Appendicularia · Asterionellopsis F.E. Round in F.E. Round, R.M. Crawford & D.G. Mann, 1990 · Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg, 1831 · Bacillariophyceae · Bacteria · Bacteriastrum G. Shadbolt, 1854 · Ceratocorys Stein, 1883 · Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 · Ciliophora · Codonellidae Kent, 1881 · Copepoda · Corethron A.F. Castracane, 1886 · Coscinodiscophycidae · Crustacea · Cyanobacteria · Cyanophyceae · Dactyliosolen A.F. Castracane, 1886 · Diatoma A.P. de Candolle in Lamark & A.P. de Candolle, 1805 · Dictyochophyceae · Dinophyceae · Dinophysis Ehrenberg, 1839 · Foraminifera · Fragilariopsis F. Hustedt in A. Schmidt et al., 1913 · Gonyaulacales · Gymnodiniales · Helicotheca M. Ricard, 1987 · Hemiaulus P.A.C. Heiberg, 1863 · Lacrymaria Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 · Micracanthodinium Deflandre, 1937 · Mollusca · Nassellaria · Ornithocercus Stein, 1883 · Oxytoxum Stein, 1883 · Phalacroma Stein, 1883 · Planktoniella F. Schütt, 1892 · Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 · Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 · Pterosperma Pouchet, 1893 · Pyrocystaceae (Schütt, 1896) Lemmermann, 1899 · Pyrophacus Stein, 1883 · Rhabdosphaeraceae Lemmermann, 1908 · Rhizosoleniaceae De Toni, 1890 · Rotifera · Spumellaria · Thalassionematales · · Tripos fusus (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 · Tunicata Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -179,0629; MinLat: -35,6101 - MaxLong: 178,933; MaxLat: 45,2361 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
10 June 2016 - 31 August 2018 Taxonomic coverage
Acantharia [WoRMS]
Animalia [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Appendicularia [WoRMS]
Asterionellopsis F.E. Round in F.E. Round, R.M. Crawford & D.G. Mann, 1990 [WoRMS]
Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg, 1831 [WoRMS]
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
Bacteria [WoRMS]
Bacteriastrum G. Shadbolt, 1854 [WoRMS]
Ceratocorys Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 [WoRMS]
Ciliophora [WoRMS]
Codonellidae Kent, 1881 [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Corethron A.F. Castracane, 1886 [WoRMS]
Coscinodiscophycidae [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Cyanobacteria [WoRMS]
Cyanophyceae [WoRMS]
Dactyliosolen A.F. Castracane, 1886 [WoRMS]
Diatoma A.P. de Candolle in Lamark & A.P. de Candolle, 1805 [WoRMS]
Dictyochophyceae [WoRMS]
Dinophyceae [WoRMS]
Dinophysis Ehrenberg, 1839 [WoRMS]
Foraminifera [WoRMS]
Fragilariopsis F. Hustedt in A. Schmidt et al., 1913 [WoRMS]
Gonyaulacales [WoRMS]
Gymnodiniales [WoRMS]
Helicotheca M. Ricard, 1987 [WoRMS]
Hemiaulus P.A.C. Heiberg, 1863 [WoRMS]
Lacrymaria Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 [WoRMS]
Micracanthodinium Deflandre, 1937 [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nassellaria [WoRMS]
Ornithocercus Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Oxytoxum Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Phalacroma Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Planktoniella F. Schütt, 1892 [WoRMS]
Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 [WoRMS]
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 [WoRMS]
Pterosperma Pouchet, 1893 [WoRMS]
Pyrocystaceae (Schütt, 1896) Lemmermann, 1899 [WoRMS]
Pyrophacus Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Rhabdosphaeraceae Lemmermann, 1908 [WoRMS]
Rhizosoleniaceae De Toni, 1890 [WoRMS]
Rotifera [WoRMS]
Spumellaria [WoRMS]
Thalassionematales [WoRMS]
[WoRMS]
Tripos fusus (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 [WoRMS]
Tunicata [WoRMS]
Parameter
Abundance of biological entity specified elsewhere per unit volume of the water body [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Contributors
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2025-12-03
Metadatarecord created: 2025-12-05
Information last updated: 2026-05-12
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