Tag Archive for 'Tara Oceans'

Microbes drive most ecosystems and are modulated by viruses that impact their lifespan, gene flow, and metabolic outputs. However, ecosystem-level impacts of viral community diversity remain difficult to assess due to classification issues and few reference genomes. Gregory et al established an 12-fold expanded global ocean DNA virome dataset of 195,728 viral populations, now including the Arctic Ocean. Image credit: Arek Socha.

Biologists Find Nearly 196,000 Virus Species in Earth’s Oceans

Apr 26, 2019 by News Staff

Marine biologists on the Tara Oceans global oceanographic research expedition have identified nearly 196,000 marine virus species, which vastly exceeds...

Planktonic organisms. Image credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Scientists Announce First Results from Tara Oceans Expeditions

May 22, 2015 by News Staff

In five papers published in the May 22 issue of the journal Science, marine biologists who spent 3.5 years sampling the ocean’s upper layers aboard the...