Table 3 Correspondence between samples types and their associated events and a summary of the protocol used and targeted analysis. RT: Room temperature, LN: Liquid Nitrogen, MetaB: metabarcoding, MetaG: metagenomic, MetaT: metatranscriptomic, PC: Polycarbonate, PET: Polyethylene.

From: Open science resources from the Tara Pacific expedition across coral reef and surface ocean ecosystems

Analysis category

Sample type

n (samples)

n (rep.)

Material sampled (sample-material_label)

Amount of material

Processing

container

conservative

conservation temperature

Targeted analysis

Sample protocol label

SEQ

CS4

2703

1

Coral

4 g

cut coral parts

Falcon 15 ml

DNA/RNA shield

−20 °C

MetaB, metaG, metaT

SEQ

CS4L

2651

1

Coral

4 g

cut coral parts

Falcon 15 ml

DNA/RNA shield + lysing matrix beads

−20 °C

MetaB, metaG, metaT

SEQ

CS10

2738

1

Coral

10 g

cut coral parts

Whirlpak bag

flash frozen

−20 °C

Metabolomic

SEQ

CS40

2701

1

Coral

40g

cut coral parts

Whirlpak bag

flash frozen

−20 °C

biomarkers and telomere length

IMG

CTAX

2763

1

Coral

5 g

cut coral parts, dryied, and bleach added for few hours

Falcon 50 ml

Bleach

RT

morphology, taxonomy

IMG

CREP

2649

1

Coral

5 g

cut coral parts

Falcon 50 ml

3.7% formaldehyde

RT

histological analysis of reproduction

IMG

CTEM

2385

1

Coral

0.1 g

cut coral parts

2 ml cryotubes

2% glutaraldehyde

4°C

transmission electron microscopy analysis

IMG

PHOTO

10830

2

Coral, Fish

morphology, taxonomy

SEQ

MUC

1059

1

Fish

dissection

coton swab+ 2mL cryotube

DNA/RNA shield

−20 °C

MetaB, metaG

SEQ

GT

1059

1

Fish

dissection

2 ml cryotubes

DNA/RNA shield

−20 °C

MetaB, metaG

SEQ

FIN

1059

1

Fish

dissection

eppendorf

ethanol

RT

population genetic analyses

IMG

OTO

1057

1

Fish

dissection

eppendorf

RT

aging

SEQ

CDIV

2628

1

Coral

<0.5 g

cut coral parts

2 ml cryotubes

DNA/RNA shield

−20 °C

MetaB, metaG

SEQ

SSED

351

1

Sediment

7.5 ml

seawater replaced with DNA/RNA shield or ethanol and homogenized

15 mL Flacon tubes

DNA/RNA shield or ethanol

−20 °C

MetaB, metaG

IMG

CORE

92

1

Coral

26–126 cm

dried 24–48h

plastic bublle wrap

 

RT

morphologic and isotopic analysis

BGC

MTE-LSCE

170

1

Seawater

60 mL

60 mL HTPE vial

RT

Trace elements (Li, Bo) isotopes measurements

BGC

PH

364

2

Seawater

5 mL

analysed onboard

5 ml plastic vial

pH measurments

BGC

CARB

364

1

Seawater

500 mL

500 mL glass bottle

Hg2Cl2

RT

Carbonate system measurements

IMG

BDI

152

1

benthic dinoflagellates (on brown algae)

20mL

water from shaken macroalgae

20 ml scintillation vials

2% acidic lugol

4 °C

microscopic count

SEQ

BDS

124

1

benthic dinoflagellates (on brown algae)

100 mL

water from shaken macroalgae

45 mm 10µm PC filter stored in cryotubes

flash frozen

LN

MetaB, metaG, metaT

BGC

HPLC

944

2

Water, pigments

2L

filtered on a 25mm-diameter, 0.7-µm-pore glass fiber filter

1.5 ml cryotubes

flash frozen

LN

HPLC pigment analysis

BGC

NUT

862

2

Seawater

20 mL

filtered through a 0.45 µm-pore size cellulose acetate membrane with a syringe

20 mL polyethylene vials

−20 °C

macronutients dosing

SEQ

S023

1104

2

Plankton (0.2–3 µm)

50 L

Filtration

5 mL cryotubes

flash frozen

LN

MetaB, metaG, metaT

SEQ

S320

1086

2

Plankton (3–20µm)

50 L

Filtration

5 mL cryotubes

flash frozen

LN

MetaB, metaG, metaT

SEQ

S<02

874

2

Water, Viruses (<0.2µm)

10 L

FeCl3 precipitation and filtration

5 mL cryotubes

4 °C

Sequencing

SEQ

S<02>

127

1

Water, membranes vesicles(<0.2µm)

80 L

 

50 mL Falcon tube

−20 °C

Sequencing

IMG-SEQ

SCG

1056

1

Plankton

4 ml

5 mL cryotubes

600μl of 48% Glycine Betaine, flash frozen

LN

single cells sequencing

IMG

FCM

1078

2

Plankton

1.48 5mL

mix and incubate 15min at RT

2 ml cryotubes

15μL Glutaraldehyde 25%/PoloXamer 10%; flash frozen

LN

Flow cytometry

IMG

SEM

566

1

Plankton

500 mL

filtered onto 47mm 0.22µm PC membranes, dryed 2h at 50°C

petrislides

RT

Scaning electron microscopy

IMG-SEQ

FISH

562

1

Plankton

225 mL

incubate 1–24 h with PFA 10x; filter on 25mm, 0.22µm PC filter, rinse with ethanol, dry for 5–10 minutes

petrislides

−20 °C

Fluorescent in situ hybridation

SEQ

S20

714

2

Plankton

1L (250ml per filter)

filtered onto 47mm 10µm PC membranes

5 mL cryotubes (two filters per tube)

flash frozen

LN

MetaB, metaG, metaT

IMG

H20

422

1

Plankton

45 mL

50 mL Flacon tubes

5mL of 10% paraformaldehyde and 500μl of glutaraldehyde 25% EM grade

4 °C

High througput confocal microscopy

IMG

LIVE20

358

1

Plankton

50 mL

analysed using Flowcam onboard

Quantitative imaging analysis

IMG-SEQ

E20

444

1

Plankton

100–250 mL

concentrated onto 20µm sieve, stored in ethanol during 24h before seiving again to change the ethanol

15 mL Flacon tubes

95% mollecular grade ethanol

−20 °C

single cells sequencing

IMG-SEQ

SCG20

212

1

Plankton

4 mL

5 mL cryotubes

600μl of 48% Glycine Betaine, flash frozen

LN

single cells sequencing

BGC

SAL

50

1

Seawater

250 ml

   

RT

salinity measurements

IMG

L20

243

1

Plankton

250 mL

concentrated onto 20µm sieve, resuspended using filtered sea water

50 mL Flacon tubes

1mL of acidic Lugol solution

4 °C

microscopic observations

IMG

F20

240

1

Plankton

45 mL

50 mL Flacon tubes

1mL of acidic formalin 37%, and filled up to 50mL with sodium teraborate decahydrate buffer

RT

microscopic observations

IMG

F300

510

1

Plankton

1 L

concentrated onto 200 µm sieve, resuspended using filtered sea water with sodium teraborate decahydrate buffer

250 mL double closure bottles

30mL of 37% formalin solution

RT

Quantitative imaging analysis

SEQ

S300

603

2

Plankton

1L(250 mL per filter)

prefiltered onto 2mm metallic sieve, filtered onto 47mm 10µm PC membranes

5 mL cryotubes (two filters per tube)

flash frozen

LN

MetaB, metaG, metaT

IMG

AI

1323

1

Aerosols

~21.6 m3

petrislide

dried

RT

microscopic observations

SEQ

AS

1300

1

Aerosols

~21.6 m3

2 ml cryotubes

flash frozen

LN

MetaB

SEQ-BGC

ABS

1306

2

Aerosols

~21.6 m3

2 ml cryotubes

flash frozen

LN

MetaB and biogeochemistry

BGC

MTE-USC

249

1

Seawater

125 mL

acid cleaned 125 mL low density PET bottle

RT

Trace metal analysis