Data availability

Environmental context files

Registry of all the samples from the Tara Oceans Expedition (2009-2013) have been deposited at PANGAEA. The environmental variables listed below were retrieved from the following databases:

• BIODIV: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853809
• CARB: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875567
• HPLC: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875569
• MESOSCALE: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875577
• NUT: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875575
• SENSORS: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875576
• WATERCOLUMN: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875579

Sequencing reads

Shotgun metagenomic sequences of all the samples from the Tara Oceans Expedition (2009–2013) are available at the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under global accession number PRJEB402 (PRJEB1787 and PRJEB9740 for bacteria and archaea, PRJEB1788 for giant viruses, PRJEB4352 and PRJEB9691 for protists, and PRJEB4419 and PRJEB9742 for DNA viruses).