Dataset: Water column nitrate+nitrite d15N measurements from R/V L'Atalante in the southwest Pacific Ocean between New Caledonia and Tahiti from February to March 2015

This data set includes water column nitrate+nitrite d15N measurements. These measurements were used together with measurements of the d15N of particulate nitrogen collected in floating sediment traps that were deployed for several days to calculate the relative contribution of subsurface nitrate and nitrogen from N2 fixation for supporting export production (“d15N budgets”). The results suggest that N2 fixation supported a majority of export at Long Duration (LD) stations A and B, and a minor fraction of export at LD C. The results at LD stations A and B are unique compared to other d15N budgets from the oligotrophic regions, whereas the results from LD C are similar to prior reports from the eastern tropical South Pacific as well as the North Pacific near Hawaii. Additionally, these data are compared with other metrics of N2 fixation made on the same cruise.