The Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE) was a research consortium of 19 U.S. and international partners focused on effects of oil spills on marine environments. The C-IMAGE consortium completed an unprecedented study of the Deepwater Horizon blowout of 2010 through funding from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The overarching objective of C-IMAGE was to advance understanding of marine blowouts as response agencies and production companies were underprepared to deal with the unique challenges of Deepwater Horizon. Data is made freely available to ensure society is better prepared to mitigate any future occurrences.
Projects from C-IMAGE I included ecosystem modeling based on biological, chemical, and physical data sets, marine resource assessments of ichthyoplankton, fish, and marine mammals, oil and dispersant toxicology, simulating high-pressure environments and their effects on fluids, and sediment analysis of oil-affected areas of the sea floor.
C-IMAGE II focused on Six Tasks covering a range of research areas including deep-ocean environments, sediment deposition, and plankton and fish species toxicity.
C-IMAGE III focused on GoMRI Research Themes 2 and 3: chemical evolution and biological degradation of the petroleum/dispersant systems and subsequent interaction with coastal, open-ocean, and deep-water ecosystems (Theme 2); and environmental effects of the petroleum/dispersant system on the sea floor, water column, coastal waters, beach sediments, wetlands, marshes, and organisms; and the science of ecosystem recovery (Theme 3).
The University of South Florida served as the host institution for C-IMAGE under the direction of Principle Investigator Dr. Steven Murawski, Assistant Director Sherryl Gilbert and Chief Science Officer Dr. David Hollander. The data in this repository contains the work of USF researchers. To view data from across GRIIDC’s research groups, please visit GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.
Submissions from 2019
Impact of in situ oil burning on solubilization of spilled oil and production of dissolved organic matter, Aprami Jaggi
Isotopic composition (13C and 14C) of sedimentary organic carbon within sediments of the southern Gulf of Mexico, collected in 2015-07-30 to 2016-08-28, Chanton Jeffrey and Paul
Particle size distribution of crude oil and methane-saturated crude oil jets entering seawater at 150 bar ambient pressure, Karen Malone
Particle size distribution of n-decane and methane-saturated n-decane jets entering seawater at 150 bar ambient pressure, Karen Malone
Benthic foraminifera distribution data collected aboard the R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico and Ixtoc I from 2015-08-05 to 2015-08-06, María Luisa Machain
Benthic infauna data from sediment cores collected aboard R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-03 to 2015-08-06, Paul Montagna and Melissa Rohal
Oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and immune response biomarkers measured in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-20 to 2017-07-30, Steven A. Murawski, Kristina Deak, and Larry Dishaw
Oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and immune response biomarkers measured in golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-17 to 2017-07-29, Steven Murawski, Kristina Deak, and Larry Dishaw
Transcriptomics of female golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-15 to 2016-09-09, Steven Murawski, Kristina Deak, and Larry Dishaw
Oil degradation in laboratory simulated shallow sandy sediments from Pensacola Beach, Florida, Will Overholt
Three-dimensional daily hindcast of oil concentrations and oil mass estimates from the far-field modeling of a deep water spill scenario in the Northwest African continental Shelf, using the Connectivity Modeling System on a probabilistic approach, Claire B. Paris, Natalie Perlin, and Ana C. Vaz
Droplet Size Distribution of Turbulent Oil-in-Water Jets, Simeon Pesch
Solubility of methane in Louisiana Sweet Crude oil at 20 °C, Simeon Pesch and Michael Schlüter
Viscosity of Louisiana Sweet Crude oil at 20 °C, Simeon Pesch and Michael Schlüter
Pathological findings in red snapper livers collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the north central region, Gulf of Mexico from 2012-08-13 to 2017-08-01, Erin Pulster, S. Fogelson, and Steven A. Murawski
Histological examination of livers of golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from 2012-08-14 to 2016-09-06, Erin Pulster, S. Fogelson, and S. Synder
Hepatic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentrations in groupers collected aboard multiple research and fishing vessels in the Gulf of Mexico from 2011-07-07 to 2017-07-30, Erin Pulster, Justin Mrowicki, Steven A. Murawski, and Brigid Carr
Hepatic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentrations in Red Hind (Epinephelus guttatus) collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the southern Gulf of Mexico (Mexico and Cuba) from 2015-09-18 to 2017-05-23, Erin Pulster and Steven A. Murawski
Hepatic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Gulf and Southern Hake collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from 2012-08-21 to 2015-09-24, Erin Pulster, Steven A. Murawski, and Rachel Struch
Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in liver tissue of golden tilefish collected aboard multiple R/V Weatherbird II cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from 2012-08-13 to 2017-08-01, Erin Pulster, S. M. Synder, and Steven A. Murawski
