title: Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data.
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.
authors.affiliation: PANGAEA, Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science , 28359 Bremen, Germany ; MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Universität Bremen , 28359 Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pesant
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff , 29680 Roscoff, France ; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff , 29680 Roscoff, France.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Not
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7093, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer (OOV) , 06230 Villefranche/mer, France ; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7093, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer (OOV) , 06230, Villefranche/mer, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Picheral
authors.affiliation: Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory , Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany ; Directors' Research, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstrasse 1 , 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kandels-Lewis
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff , 29680 Roscoff, France.
authors.forename: Noan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Le Bescot
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7093, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer (OOV) , 06230 Villefranche/mer, France ; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7093, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer (OOV) , 06230, Villefranche/mer, France.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorsky
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plankton, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn , 80121 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iudicone
authors.affiliation: Directors' Research, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstrasse 1 , 69117 Heidelberg, Germany ; Environmental and Evolutionary Genomics Section, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, UMR 8197, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1024, Ecole Normale Supérieure , 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karsenti
authors.affiliation: Department of Geosciences, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Ecole Normale Supérieure , 75005, Paris, France ; Laboratoire de Physique des Océan, UBO-IUEM , 29280 Polouzané, France.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speich
authors.affiliation: Tara Expéditions, Base Tara , 11 boulevard Bourdon, 75004 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Troublé
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff , 29680 Roscoff, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimier
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff , 29680 Roscoff, France ; Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Searson
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D005101:Expeditions; D033181:Information Dissemination; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010933:Plankton; D012623:Seawater; D014780:Viruses