Tara Pacific
How do results from aquarium studies translate to processes in coral reefs? Which ecological and evolutionary forces shape coral reef communities within their environmental and biogeographic context? To answer questions like these, we study visit coral reefs and translate our research during our field trips to ecologically relevant scales. For example, we are involved in international collaborative sea-going expeditions including the Tara Pacific.
See here for an overview of the publications from the Tara Pacific expedition and some highlights below:
- Planes, S.; Allemand, D.; Agostini, S.; Banaigs, B.; Boissin, E.; Boss, E.; Bourdin, G.; Bowler, C.; Douville, E.; Flores, J.M.; Forcioli, D.; Furla, P.; Galand, P.E.; Ghiglione, J.-F.; Gilson, E.; Lombard, F.; Moulin, C.; Pesant, S.; Poulain, J.; Reynaud, S.; Romac, S.; Sullivan, M.B.; Sunagawa, S.; Thomas, O.P.; Troublé, R.; de Vargas, C.; Vega Thurber, R.; Voolstra, C.R.; Wincker, P.; Zoccola, D.; the Tara Pacific Consortium. (2019): The Tara Pacific expedition—A pan-ecosystemic approach of the “-omics” complexity of coral reef holobionts across the Pacific Ocean. PLoS Biology, 17, e3000483.
- Ziegler, M.; Quéré, G.; Ghiglione, J.-F.; Iwankow, G.; Barbe, V.; Boissin, E.; Wincker, P.; Planes, S.; Voolstra, C.R. (2018): Status of coral reefs of Upolu (Independent State of Samoa) in the South West Pacific and recommendations to promote resilience and recovery of coastal ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 129, 392-398.
- Carradec, Q.; Poulain, J.; Boissin, E.; Hume, B.C.C.; Voolstra, C.R.; Ziegler, M.; Engelen, S.; Cruaud, C.; Planes, S.; Wincker, P. (2020): A framework for in situ molecular characterization of coral holobionts using nanopore sequencing. Scientific Reports, 10, 15893.
- Belser, C.; Poulain, J.; Labadie, K.; Gavory, F.; Alberti, A.; Guy, J.; Carradec, Q.; Cruaud, C.; Silva, C.D.; Engelen, S.; Mielle, P.; Perdereau, A.; Samson, G.; Gas, S.; Voolstra, C.; Galand, P.; Flores, J.M.; Hume, B.; Perna, G.; Ziegler, M.; Ruscheweyh, H.-J.; Boissin, E.; Romac, S.; Bourdin, G.; Iwankow, G.; Moulin, C.; García, D.A.P.; Scarpelli, C.; Jacoby, E.K.; Oliveira, P.H.; Aury, J.M.; Allemand, D.; Planes, S.; Wincker, P. (2022): Integrative omics framework for characterization of coral reef ecosystems from the Tara Pacific expedition. Scientific Data, in press.