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Genomic evidence for global ocean plankton biogeography shaped by large-scale current systems
- Source :
- eLife, eLife, 2022, ⟨10.7554/eLife.78129⟩, eLife, 2022, 11, pp.e78129. ⟨10.7554/eLife.78129⟩, ELIFE, Richter, D J, Watteaux, R, Vannier, T, Leconte, J, Frémont, P, Reygondeau, G, Maillet, N, Henry, N, Benoit, G, Da Silva, O, Delmont, T O, Fernàndez-Guerra, A, Suweis, S, Narci, R, Berney, C, Eveillard, D, Gavory, F, Guidi, L, Labadie, K, Mahieu, E, Poulain, J, Romac, S, Roux, S, Dimier, C, Kandels, S, Picheral, M, Searson, S, Pesant, S, Aury, J-M, Brum, J R, Lemaitre, C, Pelletier, E, Bork, P, Sunagawa, S, Lombard, F, Karp-Boss, L, Bowler, C, Sullivan, M B, Karsenti, E, Mariadassou, M, Probert, I, Peterlongo, P, Wincker, P, de Vargas, C, d'Alcalà, M R, Iudicone, D & Jaillon, O 2022, ' Genomic evidence for global ocean plankton biogeography shaped by large-scale current systems ', eLife, vol. 11, e78129 . https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78129
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- eLife Sciences Publications, 2022.
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Abstract
- Biogeographical studies have traditionally focused on readily visible organisms, but recent technological advances are enabling analyses of the large-scale distribution of microscopic organisms, whose biogeographical patterns have long been debated. Here we assessed the global structure of plankton geography and its relation to the biological, chemical, and physical context of the ocean (the ‘seascape’) by analyzing metagenomes of plankton communities sampled across oceans during the Tara Oceans expedition, in light of environmental data and ocean current transport. Using a consistent approach across organismal sizes that provides unprecedented resolution to measure changes in genomic composition between communities, we report a pan-ocean, size-dependent plankton biogeography overlying regional heterogeneity. We found robust evidence for a basin-scale impact of transport by ocean currents on plankton biogeography, and on a characteristic timescale of community dynamics going beyond simple seasonality or life history transitions of plankton.<br />We thank the commitment of the following people and sponsors who made this expedition possible: CNRS (in particular Groupement de Recherche GDR3280), European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genoscope/CEA, Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders, VIB, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, UNIMIB, Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Research University (ANR-11-IDEX-0001–02), the French Government ANR (projects FRANCE GENOMIQUE/ANR-10-INBS-09, MEMO LIFE/ANR-10-LABX-54, POSEIDON/ANR-09-BLAN-0348, PROMETHEUS/ANR-09-PCS-GENM-217, MAPPI/ANR-2010-COSI-004, TARA-GIRUS/ANR-09-PCS-GENM-218), US NSF grant DEB-1031049, FWO, BIO5, Biosphere 2, Agnès b., the Veolia Environment Foundation, Région Bretagne, World Courier, Illumina, Cap L’Orient, the EDF Foundation EDF Diversiterre, FRB, the Prince Albert II de Monaco Foundation, Etienne Bourgois, the Tara schooner and its captain and crew. We thank MERCATOR-CORIOLIS and ACRI-ST for providing daily satellite data during the expedition. The bulk of genomic computations were performed using the Airain HPC machine provided through GENCI- [TGCC/CINES/IDRIS] (grants t2011076389, t2012076389, t2013036389, t2014036389, t2015036389 and t2016036389). We are also grateful to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs for supporting the expedition and to the countries who granted us sampling permissions.
- Subjects :
- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Biogeography
Oceans and Seas
Context (language use)
01 natural sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
plankton biogeography
genomics
Ecosystem
genetics
14. Life underwater
microbial oceanography
030304 developmental biology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Seascape
[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment
0303 health sciences
metagenomics
General Immunology and Microbiology
Geography
General Neuroscience
Ocean current
fungi
Community structure
General Medicine
15. Life on land
Plankton
Oceanography
13. Climate action
Metagenomics
metabarcoding
ecology
[INFO.INFO-BI]Computer Science [cs]/Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM]
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2050084X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- eLife, eLife, 2022, ⟨10.7554/eLife.78129⟩, eLife, 2022, 11, pp.e78129. ⟨10.7554/eLife.78129⟩, ELIFE, Richter, D J, Watteaux, R, Vannier, T, Leconte, J, Frémont, P, Reygondeau, G, Maillet, N, Henry, N, Benoit, G, Da Silva, O, Delmont, T O, Fernàndez-Guerra, A, Suweis, S, Narci, R, Berney, C, Eveillard, D, Gavory, F, Guidi, L, Labadie, K, Mahieu, E, Poulain, J, Romac, S, Roux, S, Dimier, C, Kandels, S, Picheral, M, Searson, S, Pesant, S, Aury, J-M, Brum, J R, Lemaitre, C, Pelletier, E, Bork, P, Sunagawa, S, Lombard, F, Karp-Boss, L, Bowler, C, Sullivan, M B, Karsenti, E, Mariadassou, M, Probert, I, Peterlongo, P, Wincker, P, de Vargas, C, d'Alcalà, M R, Iudicone, D & Jaillon, O 2022, ' Genomic evidence for global ocean plankton biogeography shaped by large-scale current systems ', eLife, vol. 11, e78129 . https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78129
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....69b587a8c2284770315d7433ae8297b0