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

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.

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Temporal extent2016-08-30 – 2018-07-05
Date (creation)2025-12-03
Date (publication)2025-12-03
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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