Global scale surface micro-plankton dataset collected with Bongo nets and imaged with FlowCam during the Tara Pacific Expedition
Citation
Lombard F, Mériguet Z, Nathaniel K, Bourdin G, Gorsky G, Karp-Boss L, The Tara Pacific Consortium (2026). Global scale surface micro-plankton dataset collected with Bongo nets and imaged with FlowCam during the Tara Pacific Expedition. Version 1.2. EcoTaxa. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-pac-flowcam-bongo&v=1.2 https://doi.org/10.15468/vcmxr4
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Lombard, Fabien ;
Mériguet, Zoé Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 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. Mesoplankton and plastics were collected with the Bongo nets by scuba divers using an underwater scooter. Samples were taken from the surface, near reefs and lagoons in the Pacific. See https://doi.org/10.17882/102694 and https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2761-2025 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 Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · 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 · Asterionella A.H. Hassall, 1850 · Bacillariophyceae · Bacteriastrum G. Shadbolt, 1854 · Biddulphia S.F. Gray, 1821 · Biota · Calanoida · Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 · Ciliophora · Codonellidae Kent, 1881 · Copepoda · Corycaeidae Dana, 1846 · Coscinodiscophycidae · Crustacea · Cyanobacteria · Cyanophyceae · Cyclopoida · Cylindrotheca L. Rabenhorst, 1859 · Diatoma A.P. de Candolle in Lamark & A.P. de Candolle, 1805 · Dinophyceae · Echinodermata · Foraminifera · Hemiaulus P.A.C. Heiberg, 1863 · Lacrymaria Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 · Licmophora C.A. Agardh, 1827 · Micracanthodinium Deflandre, 1937 · Mollusca · Nassellaria · Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 · Ornithocercus Stein, 1883 · Oxytoxum Stein, 1883 · Peridiniales · Polychaeta · Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 · Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 · Pyrocystaceae (Schütt, 1896) Lemmermann, 1899 · Rhabdosphaeraceae Lemmermann, 1908 · Rhizaria · Rhizosoleniaceae De Toni, 1890 · Spumellaria · Striatella C.A. Agardh, 1832 · Synedra C.G. Ehrenberg, 1830 · Thalassionematales · · Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont, 1892 · Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -171,8425; MinLat: -27,0849 - MaxLong: 179,0712; MaxLat: 27,0597 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
7 September 2016 - 3 September 2019 Taxonomic coverage
Acantharia [WoRMS]
Animalia [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Asterionella A.H. Hassall, 1850 [WoRMS]
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
Bacteriastrum G. Shadbolt, 1854 [WoRMS]
Biddulphia S.F. Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]
Biota [WoRMS]
Calanoida [WoRMS]
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 [WoRMS]
Ciliophora [WoRMS]
Codonellidae Kent, 1881 [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Corycaeidae Dana, 1846 [WoRMS]
Coscinodiscophycidae [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Cyanobacteria [WoRMS]
Cyanophyceae [WoRMS]
Cyclopoida [WoRMS]
Cylindrotheca L. Rabenhorst, 1859 [WoRMS]
Diatoma A.P. de Candolle in Lamark & A.P. de Candolle, 1805 [WoRMS]
Dinophyceae [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Foraminifera [WoRMS]
Hemiaulus P.A.C. Heiberg, 1863 [WoRMS]
Lacrymaria Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 [WoRMS]
Licmophora C.A. Agardh, 1827 [WoRMS]
Micracanthodinium Deflandre, 1937 [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nassellaria [WoRMS]
Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 [WoRMS]
Ornithocercus Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Oxytoxum Stein, 1883 [WoRMS]
Peridiniales [WoRMS]
Polychaeta [WoRMS]
Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 [WoRMS]
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 [WoRMS]
Pyrocystaceae (Schütt, 1896) Lemmermann, 1899 [WoRMS]
Rhabdosphaeraceae Lemmermann, 1908 [WoRMS]
Rhizaria [WoRMS]
Rhizosoleniaceae De Toni, 1890 [WoRMS]
Spumellaria [WoRMS]
Striatella C.A. Agardh, 1832 [WoRMS]
Synedra C.G. Ehrenberg, 1830 [WoRMS]
Thalassionematales [WoRMS]
[WoRMS]
Trichodesmium Ehrenberg ex Gomont, 1892 [WoRMS]
Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767 [WoRMS]
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2026-03-11
Metadatarecord created: 2026-05-05
Information last updated: 2026-06-04
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