BioSample

This sample (TARA_N000000837) was collected during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) at station TARA_072 (latitudeN=-8.6831, longitudeE=-18.0095) on date/time=2010-10-05T18:28, using a PLANKTON NET, TYPE=Single, MESH_Size_(�m)=5, MOUTH_Opening_(m^2)=0.196349, LENGTH_(m)=2.5. The sample material (particulate matter, including plankton (ENVO:xxxxxxxx)) was collected at a depth of 98-102 m, targeting a deep chlorophyll maximum layer (ENVO:xxxxxxxx) in the marine biome (ENVO:00000447). The sample was size-fractionated (5-20 micrometres), and stored in liquid nitrogen for later detection of unicellular eukaryote (protist) nucleic acid sequences by pyrosequencing methods, and for later metagenomics/transcriptomics analysis. This sample has replicate sample(s): TARA_N000000838.