Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology
… The ocean ecosystem covers ~70% of Earth’s surface and contains 97% of all water on our
… require to establish an inventory of the ocean’s plankton, to collect data on the interactions of …
… require to establish an inventory of the ocean’s plankton, to collect data on the interactions of …
The Leeuwin Current and its eddies: An introductory overview
The Leeuwin Current (LC) is an anomalous poleward-flowing eastern boundary current that
carries warm, low-salinity water southward along the coast of Western Australia. We present …
carries warm, low-salinity water southward along the coast of Western Australia. We present …
GPCR signalling in hypertension: role of GRKs
DM Harris, HI Cohn, S Pesant, AD Eckhart - Clinical Science, 2008 - portlandpress.com
… s in rats or humans [54,55], but an apparent decrease in G s activity which would also
attenuate vasodilation and increase peripheral resistance [55]. PLC activation leads to increased …
attenuate vasodilation and increase peripheral resistance [55]. PLC activation leads to increased …
Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean
… The sunlit surface layer of the world’s oceans functions as a giant biogeochemical
membrane between the atmosphere and the ocean interior (1). This biome includes plankton …
membrane between the atmosphere and the ocean interior (1). This biome includes plankton …
Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome
… , with a color gradient denoting Spearman’s correlation coefficients. Taxonomic [based on
… Edge width corresponds to the Mantel’s r statistic for the corresponding distance correlations…
… Edge width corresponds to the Mantel’s r statistic for the corresponding distance correlations…
Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome
Species interaction networks are shaped by abiotic and biotic factors. Here, as part of the
Tara Oceans project, we studied the photic zone interactome using environmental factors and …
Tara Oceans project, we studied the photic zone interactome using environmental factors and …
Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean
… Marine planktonic photosynthetic organisms are responsible for approximately 50% of
Earth’s primary production and fuel the global ocean biological carbon pump 1 . The intensity of …
Earth’s primary production and fuel the global ocean biological carbon pump 1 . The intensity of …
Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities
…, S Pesant, BT Poulos, SM Schwenck, S Speich… - Science, 2015 - science.org
… (A) Shannon’s diversity H′ and Pielou’s evenness J calculated from protein cluster counts
… (B) Shannon’s diversity H′ and Pielou’s evenness J calculated from relative abundances of …
… (B) Shannon’s diversity H′ and Pielou’s evenness J calculated from relative abundances of …
Ecogenomics and potential biogeochemical impacts of globally abundant ocean viruses
…, E Lara, J Poulain, S Pesant, S Kandels-Lewis… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
… ‘Known viruses’ are viral clusters with International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)-classified
reference sequences, ‘unclassified reference(s)’ are viral clusters with isolate …
reference sequences, ‘unclassified reference(s)’ are viral clusters with isolate …
[PDF][PDF] Marine DNA viral macro-and microdiversity from pole to pole
…, J Ferland, S Kandels, Y Liu, C Marec, S Pesant… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
… Microdiversity and Potential Drivers within and between Ecological Zones To explore diversity
patterns across ecological zones, we calculated per sample diversity using Shannon’s H0 …
patterns across ecological zones, we calculated per sample diversity using Shannon’s H0 …