A holistic approach to marine eco-systems biology
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The structure, robustness, and dynamics of ocean plankton ecosystems remain poorly understood due to sampling, analysis, and computational limitations. The Tara Oceans consortium organizes expeditions to help fill this gap at the global level.
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At present, all 96 individual studies that make up the Earth Microbiome Project are grouped together under a single Super Study, as are MGnify analyses for 8 distinct Tara Oceans datasets.
“For example, at present, all 96 individual studies that make up the Earth Microbiome Project (18) are grouped together under a single Super Study, as are MGnify analyses for 8 distinct Tara Oceans (19) datasets.”
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- Authors
- Karsenti, E., Acinas, S. G., Bork, P., Bowler, C., De Vargas, C., Raes, J., Sullivan, M., Arendt, D., Benzoni, F., Claverie, J.-M., Follows, M., Gorsky, G., Hingamp, P., Iudicone, D., Jaillon, O., Kandels-Lewis, S., Krzic, U., Not, F., Ogata, H., Pesant, S., Reynaud, E. G., Sardet, C., Sieracki, M. E., Speich, S., Velayoudon, D., Weissenbach, J., Wincker, P., & the Tara Oceans Consortium
- Affiliations
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (DE)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (US)
- Corresponding author
- Karsenti, Eric
- ORCID
- Karsenti, Eric
- Acinas, Silvia G.
- Bowler, Chris
- Raes, Jeroen
- Sullivan, Matthew
- Arendt, Detlev
- Benzoni, Francesca
- Claverie, Jean-Michel
- Hingamp, Pascal
- Iudicone, Daniele
- Jaillon, Olivier
- Kandels-Lewis, Stefanie
- Not, Fabrice
- Ogata, Hiroyuki
- Pesant, Stéphane
- Reynaud, Emmanuel Georges
- Sieracki, Michael E.
- Speich, Sabrina
- Weissenbach, Jean
- Wincker, Patrick
- Venue
- PLoS Biology
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2011-10-18
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- e1001177
- ISSN
- 1544-9173 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-7885
- PMC
- PMC3196472
- OpenAlex
- W2057970678
- Cited by
- 477
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 13.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- HAL AMU (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-09-GENM-0031, ANR-09-GENM-0032, ANR-09-BLAN-0348, ANR-08-BDVA-0003)
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
- Fondation Veolia Environnement
- Région Bretagne
- Fondation EDF
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Keywords
- marine ecosystems, plankton, Tara Oceans, marine biogeography, ecosystem structure, ecosystem dynamics, marine biodiversity
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Expeditions, Marine Biology, Oceans and Seas, Plankton, Ecosystem
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