Alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from sea water samples collected at coral reefs from equatorial central Pacific in 1973, 2012, 2015, and 2018

Dataset: Alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from water samples collected at coral reefs in the equatorial central Pacific in 1973, 2012, 2015, and 2018 This dataset includes total alkalinity (TA) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), along with water temperature and salinity, to characterize the carbonate chemistry in the vicinity of 5 coral reef islands in the equatorial central Pacific. Discrete water samples were collected from June 7 – 18, 2012 and from September 5 – 26, 2015 at Kanton (2.8°S, 171.7°W), Enderbury (3.1°S, 171.1°W), Rawaki (3.7°S, 170.7°W) and Nikumaroro (4.7°S, 174.5°W), and from May 5 – 23, 2018 at Kanton, Rawaki, Nikumaroro, and Orona (4.5°S, 172.2°W) and at several open ocean sites.

Some of the 2012 and 2015 water samples were also analyzed for nitrate, ammonium, phosphate and silicate concentrations. Also included in this dataset are TA, pH, DIC, salinity, and water temperature from samples collected from November 27 to December 4, 1973 at Kanton Island by Smith, S. V., and P. L. Jokiel (1978). For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'.