The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific
Figure 1
Microbial populations were sampled from locations in the order shown. Samples were collected at approximately 200 miles (320 km) intervals along the eastern North American coast through the Gulf of Mexico into the equatorial Pacific. Samples 00 and 01 identify sets of sites sampled as part of the Sargasso Sea pilot study [19]. Samples 27 through 36 were sampled off the Galapagos Islands (see inset). Sites shown in gray were not analyzed as part of this study.