Open science resources for the discovery and analysis ofTaraOceans Data

• DOI: 10.1101/019117
• Publication Date: 2015-05-09T05:04:15Z
• Authors: Stéphane Pesant; Fabrice Not; Marc Picheral; Stefanie Kandels-...; Noan Le Bescot; Gabriel Gorsky; Daniele Iudicone; Eric Karsenti; Sabrina Speich; Romain Troublé; Céline Dimier; Sarah Searson
• Keywords: Statistics and Probability; 0301 basic medicine; 570; Data Descriptor; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Oceans and Seas; Library and Information Sciences; Education; 03 medical and health sciences; Seawater; 14. Life underwater; Ecosystem; Information Dissemination; Ecological genetics; Biodiversity; 15. Life on land; Plankton; Biooceanography; Computer Science Applications; Ocean sciences; 13. Climate action; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Viruses; Expeditions; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; Information Systems

TheTaraOceans 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 35000 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.