iCMORE is a data portal for microbial ‘omic data sets and data products produced in association with Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT), the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), and the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology (SCOPE).
Data sets hosted through iCMORE focus on marine microbial communities inhabiting the largest ecosystem on Earth – the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Samples are typically collected in/around Station ALOHA (A Long-Term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment; 22.75 N, 158.0 W) located 100 km north of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, in conjunction with HOT, C-MORE, and SCOPE cruises. Monthly oceanographic measurements by HOT began at Station ALOHA in October 1988, providing a long–term environmental context for biological sampling and analyses. For more information regarding this program, please visit the HOT website.
Biological data sets available through iCMORE are directly linked to their associated environmental and oceanographic data collected by HOT and C-MORE, and hosted by HOT and/or BCO-DMO. This allows for easy retrieval of data sets matching defined parameters, such as GPS coordinates, time, temperature, depth, and a variety of other associated environmental and oceanographic parameters.
Coming Soon! This site will host a variety of synoptic microbial oceanography data sets. These will include metagenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic sequence data products derived from integrated sampling efforts.