Organism occurrence records identified from underwater still imagery collected around Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid, southwest Pacific Ocean

Organisms were identified from a collection of 2,668 still images acquired using a towed underwater camera system around the Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid shelves, southwest Pacific Ocean. Underwater imagery were collected at 39 sites in depths ranging 6 m to 115 m from surveys aboard the RV Southern Surveyor in February 2013 and Lord Howe Island Marine Park vessel Tursiops in November 2013. Organisms were classified using CATAMI nomenclature (http://catami.github.io/). Further information on this dataset can be found in the associated papers and PhD thesis: Linklater, M., Jordan, A.R., Carroll, A.G., Neilson, J., Gudge, S., Brooke, B.P., Nichol, S.L., Hamylton, S.M. and Woodroffe, C.D., 2019. Mesophotic corals on the subtropical shelves of Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid, south-western Pacific Ocean. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(1), pp.43-61. Linklater, M., Carroll, A.G., Hamylton, S.M., Jordan, A.R., Brooke, B.P., Nichol, S.L. and Woodroffe, C.D., 2016. High coral cover on a mesophotic, subtropical island platform at the limits of coral reef growth. Continental Shelf Research, 130, pp.34-46. Linklater, M., 2016. Past and present coral distribution at the latitudinal limit of reef development, southwest Pacific Ocean. Available online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4684/ Data analysis was funded by the Australian Post Graduate Award and conducted for a PhD thesis with the University of Wollongong. Data collection was funded by the Australian Government National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub, and the University of Wollongong Research Partnership Grant with New South Wales Department of Primary Industry and Lord Howe Island Marine Park.