Genomic evidence for global ocean plankton biogeography shaped by large-scale current systems
Year: 2022
Type: article
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.
Source: eLife
DOI: 10.7554/elife.78129
Authors: Daniel J. Richter, Romain Watteaux, Thomas Vannier, Jade Leconte, Paul Frémont, Gabriel Reygondeau, Nicolas Maillet, Nicolas Henry, Gaëtan Benoit, Ophélie Da Silva, Tom O. Delmont, Antonio Fernàndez-Guerra, Samir Suweis, Romain Narci, Cédric Berney, Damien Eveillard, Frederick Gavory, Lionel Guidi, Karine Labadie, Eric Mahieu, Julie Poulain, Sarah Romac, Simon Roux, Céline Dimier, Stefanie Kandels, Marc Picheral, Sarah Searson, Tara Oceans Coordinators, Stéphane Pesant, Jean-Marc Aury, Jennifer R. Brum, Claire Lemaitre, Eric Pelletier, Peer Bork, Shinichi Sunagawa, Fabien Lombard, Lee Karp-Boss, Chris Bowler, Matthew B. Sullivan, Eric Karsenti, Mahendra Mariadassou, Ian Probert, Pierre Peterlongo, Patrick Wincker, Colomban de Vargas, Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà, Daniele Iudicone, Olivier Jaillon
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, CEA DAM Île-de-France, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, Université Paris-Saclay, Génomique Métabolique du Genoscope, Genoscope, Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Tara Oceans Systems Ecology & Evolution, Institut de biologie François Jacob, University of British Columbia, Yale University, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, GENSCALE: Algorithmes pour les données génomiques : passage à l'échelle, précision, frugalité, Université de Rennes, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, University of Copenhagen, University of Bremen, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Lundbeck Foundation, University of Padua, National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées du Génome à l'Environnement, École Centrale de Nantes, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes Université, CEA Paris-Saclay, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, The Ohio State University, Inserm, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Louisiana State University, Yonsei University, University of Würzburg, Max Delbrück Center, ETH Zurich, Institute of Microbiology, Institut Universitaire de France, University of Maine, University of Arizona
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,500
Funders: National Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, “la Caixa” Foundation, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Graphene Flagship, European Commission, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Generalitat de Catalunya, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, Conseil Régional de Bretagne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres, Grand Équipement National De Calcul Intensif, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Fondation Veolia Environnement, Région Bretagne, Vlaamse regering, Fondation EDF, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, European Research Council
Awards: Comparative Metagenomic for Measuring Biodiversity. Application to Ocean Life Studies, G1449229046, INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE, G1742243815, G1879874012, G196500007, G2077424426, G2579310621, G4251422045, G4586079565, G4866930200, Ecological impacts and drivers of double-stranded DNA viral communities in the global oceans, G4953338310, G5452830560, G5806423560, PrOtiSts EcologIcal bioDiversity in Tara-OceaNs, G6767671574, Ecology and biogeochemical impacts of DNA and RNA viruses throughout the global oceans, Biotechnologies et bioressources pour la valorisation des écosystèmes marins planctoniques, Diversity of marine protists: single cell genomics and imaging for Tara Oceans, G7166852453, G7222682759, G7240651115, G7298591145, G782245399, G7833095628, G7999552054, Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, G953799405
OpenAlex ID: W4287869566