Quantitative imaging datasets of surface micro-  to mesoplankton communities and microplastic  across the Pacific and North Atlantic  oceans from the Tara Pacific expedition

Mériguet, Zoé; Bourdin, Guillaume; Kristan, Nathaniel; Jalabert, Laetitia; Bun, Olivier; Picheral, Marc; Caray-Counil, Louis; Maury, Juliette; Pedrotti, Maria-Luiza; Elineau, Amanda; Paz-Garcia, David A.; Karp-Boss, Lee; Gorsky, Gaby; Lombard, Fabien; the Tara Pacific Consortium Coordinators team,

doi:10.5194/essd-17-2761-2025

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2761-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2761-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

Data description article

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19 Jun 2025

Data description article |

| 19 Jun 2025

Quantitative imaging datasets of surface micro- to mesoplankton communities and microplastic across the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans from the Tara Pacific expedition

Zoé Mériguet, Guillaume Bourdin, Nathaniel Kristan, Laetitia Jalabert, Olivier Bun, Marc Picheral, Louis Caray-Counil, Juliette Maury, Maria-Luiza Pedrotti, Amanda Elineau, David A. Paz-Garcia, Lee Karp-Boss, Gaby Gorsky, Fabien Lombard, and the Tara Pacific Consortium Coordinators team

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Dec 2024	112	26	6	144
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Feb 2025	88	17	4	109
Mar 2025	87	36	7	130
Apr 2025	42	16	3	61
May 2025	36	9	2	47
Jun 2025	170	37	13	220
Jul 2025	124	47	16	187
Aug 2025	230	16	1	247
Sep 2025	785	10	3	798
Oct 2025	97	17	1	115
Nov 2025	119	43	2	164
Dec 2025	117	52	11	180
Jan 2026	131	44	26	201
Feb 2026	123	74	10	207
Mar 2026	177	143	17	337
Apr 2026	155	133	17	305
May 2026	91	71	20	182

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Short summary

This study presents imaging datasets from the Tara Pacific expedition, covering multiple plankton sizes and a wide sampling area in Pacific waters. By sampling both open-ocean and island areas, these data can show how plankton size, diversity and abundance change with different environments. We also highlight the usefulness of high-speed plankton sampling when it is not possible to slow the boat during sailing as well as the value of this technique with respect to extending the sampling coverage and frequency.