Keywords: [BUCKET-10]; [CABLE]+[sbe19]+[NISKIN]; [CABLE]+[sbe9S]+[NISKIN]; [CSSS]; [day/night] [deep chlorophyll maximum layer (ENVO:; [day/night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)]; [day/night] [water layer with no specific feature]; [day]; [day] [200 m]; [day] [deep chlorophyll maximum layer (ENVO:010003; [day] [epipelagic mixed layer (ENVO:01000061)]; [day] [epipelagic mixed layer (ENVO:01000061)] [pr; [day] [integrated]; [day] [integrated] [protist sampling]; [day] [mesopelagic zone (ENVO:00000213)]; [day] [mesopelagic zone (ENVO:00000213)] [also lab; [day] [near bottom]; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)]; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [also; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Ancho; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Barce; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [befor; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [betwe; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Europ; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [In vi; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Juan; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [near; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [neust; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [NOT n; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Patag; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [plast; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [proti; [day] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [TARA_; [day] [water layer with no specific feature]; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [also; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [Barc; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [imag; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [Lago; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [merc; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [near; [day] [water layer with no specific feature] [NOT; [DECK-PUMP]; [FSWS]; [HVP-PUMP]; [near station 95]; [NET-BONGO-180]; [NET-BONGO-180]+[SIEVE-2000]; [NET-BONGO-300]; [NET-DOUBLE-20]+[SIEVE-180]; [NET-MANTA-OI-500]; [NET-MANTA-ST-500]; [NET-REGENT-680]; [NET-SINGLE-5]+[SIEVE-20]; [NET-WPII-200]; [NET-WPII-50]; [night] [deep chlorophyll maximum layer (ENVO:0100; [night] [epipelagic mixed layer (ENVO:01000061)]; [night] [mesopelagic zone (ENVO:00000213)]; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)]; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Anc; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [bef; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [bet; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [Mas; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [nea; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [neu; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [pla; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [pro; [night] [surface water layer (ENVO:00002042)] [TAR; [night] [water layer with no specific feature]; [night] [water layer with no specific feature] [al; [night] [water layer with no specific feature] [Ba; [night] [water layer with no specific feature] [im; [night] [water layer with no specific feature] [ne; [RVSS]; Absorption coefficient, colored dissolved organic matter at given wavelength; Abu Dhabi to Muscat, Stations: none; Algiers to Barcelona, Stations: TARA_008-011; Ascencion to Rio de Janiero, Stations: TARA_072-076; Athens to Beyrouth, Stations: TARA_027-028; Atseranana to Mamoudzou, Stations: TARA_053-054; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 470 nm; Basis of event; Bermuda to Horta, Stations: TARA_148-151; Beyrouth to Alexandria, Stations: TARA_029-030; Bizerte to Naples, Stations: TARA_014; Brunt-Väisälä frequency, squared; Bucket, plastic 10-L; Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Stations: TARA_079b-083; calculated from 30-day avg. Kd490 (AMODIS) using eq. 9' in Morel et al. (2007); calculated from 30-day avg. Kd490 (AMODIS) using eq. 9 in Morel et al. (2007); calculated from AMODIS products; Calculated from GlobColour products (GSM algorithm); Calculated from GlobColour products (Lee's algorithm); Calculated from GlobColour products (Morel's algorithm); calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings; calculated from Kd(PAR)1 and 30-day avg. daily surface PAR (AMODIS); calculated from Kd(PAR)2 and 30-day avg. daily surface PAR (AMODIS); calculated from z(Secchi Disk) and 30-day average daily PAR (AMODIS); Campaign of event; CapeTown to Ascencion, Stations: TARA_067-071; Chlorophyll a; Continuous Surface Sampling System; CTD (sbe19) and Niskin bottles (8-L or 12-L) triggered with messengers; CTD (sbe9S) and Niskin bottles (8-L or 12-L) triggered with messengers; Date/Time of event; DECK-PUMP; Density, sigma-theta (0); Depth, bottom/max; Depth, nominal; Depth, top/min; Depth of chlorophyll maximum; Depth of maximum Brunt Väisälä frequency; Depth of maximum oxygen concentration; Depth of minimum oxygen concentration; Depth of nitracline; Depth of Secchi Disk; Depth of the euphotic zone; described in Pesant et al. (2017); Diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm; Diffuse attenuation coefficient of PAR; Dubrovnik to Athens, Stations: TARA_025-026; Dudinka to Pevek, Stations: TARA_182-192; Easter Island to Guayaquil, Stations: TARA_098-102; Environmental feature; Event label; Fondation Tara Expeditions; FondTara; Guayaquil to Puerto Ayora, Stations: TARA_103-106; Guayaquil to Totegegie, Stations: TARA_110-113; High Volume Peristaltic Pump; Honolulu to San Diego, Stations: TARA_131-135; Horta to La Coruna, Stations: TARA_152-154; Ilulissat to Québec, Stations: TARA_208-210; Jeddah to Djibouti, Stations: TARA_034; Latitude of event; Lisbon to Tangier, Stations: TARA_003-004; Longitude of event; Lorient to Lisbon, Stations: TARA_001-002; Lorient to Tromsø, Stations: TARA_155-166; Malé to Saint Brandon, Stations: TARA_044-049; Mamoudzou to Cape Town, Stations: TARA_055-066; Measured in situ; Method/Device of event; Mixed layer depth, upper; MSN300; Multiple opening/closing net, 300 µm meshsize; Mumbai to Malé, Stations: TARA_041-043; Murmansk to Dudinka, Stations: TARA_167-181; Muscat to Mumbai, Stations: TARA_036-040; Naples to Valetta, Stations: TARA_015-017; Neuston net, type=Manta (ALGALITA), mesh(µm)=500, width(m)=0.70, length(m)=2.5; Neuston net, type=Manta (OI), mesh(µm)=500, width(m)=0.70, length(m)=2.5; New-York City to Bermuda, Stations: TARA_146-147; Nice to Bizerte, Stations: TARA_012-013; Nitrate; OCEANOMICS; On board filtered seawater system (〈0.2 micrometre); Oxygen; Panama City to Savannah, Stations: TARA_141-143; Papeete to Honolulu, Stations: TARA_126-130; Pevek to Tuktoyaktuk, Stations: TARA_193-199; PLA; Plankton net; Plankton net, type=Bongo, mesh(µm)=180, mouth(m^2)=0.258319, length(m)=3; Plankton net, type=Bongo, mesh(µm)=300, mouth(m^2)=0.258319, length(m)=3; Plankton net, type=Regent, mesh(µm)=680, mouth(m^2)=0.754296, length(m)=4; Plankton net, type=WPII, mesh(µm)=200, mouth(m^2)=0.248505, length(m)=2.75; Plankton net, type=WPII, mesh(µm)=50, mouth(m^2)=0.248505, length(m)=2.75; Plankton net+sieve, type=Bongo, mesh(µm)=180, mouth(m^2)=0.258319, length(m)=3; Plankton net+sieve, type=Double, mesh(µm)=20, mouth(m^2)=0.192442, length(m)=2.5; Plankton net+sieve, type=single, mesh(µm)=5, mouth(m^2)=0.196349, length(m)=2.5; Port Louis to Saint Denis, Stations: TARA_050-051; Puerto Ayora to Guayaquil, Stations: TARA_107-109; Puerto Montt to Valparaiso, Stations: TARA_090-092; Québec to Lorient, Stations: none; registered at PANGAEA, Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science; registered at the BioSamples database; registered at the European Nucleotides Archive (ENA); Rio de Janiero to Buenos Aires, Stations: TARA_077-079a; Rosette Vertical Sampling System; Saint Denis to Antseranana, Stations: TARA_052; Salinity; Sample code/label; Sample ID; Sample material; Sample method; San Diego to Panama City, Stations: TARA_136-140; Savannah to New-York City, Stations: TARA_144-145; Sharm El Sheikh to Jeddah, Stations: TARA_031-033; Size fraction, lower threshold; Size fraction, upper threshold; Station label; SV Tara; Taiohae harbour to Papeete, Stations: TARA_122-125;