The shallow coral reefs off Kahekili, West Maui, are exposed to nutrient - enriched, low - pH submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and are particularly vulnerable to the compounding stressors from land - based sources of pollution and lower
seawater pH. To constrain the carbonate
chemistry system, nutrients and carbonate
chemistry were
measured along the Kahekili reef flat every 4 h over a 6 - day sampling period in March 2016.