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.

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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://doi.org/10.15468/j2tcez accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-08.