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
Biliary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) equivalents for 92 species of fish collected aboard multiple research and fishing vessels in the Gulf of Mexico from 2011-08-16 to 2018-08-22, Erin Pulster, S. Synder, Steven A. Murawski, Brigid Carr, Justin Mrowicki, Madison Schwaab, R. Struch, and G. Toro-Farmer
Dataset for: Oil biodegradation: Interactions of artificial marine snow, clay particles, oil and Corexit, Shokouh Rahsepar
The impact of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow on meiofauna, Melissa Rohal and Paul Montagna
Hydrocarbon concentration data from sediment cores collected aboard R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-07-31 to 2015-08-08, Isabel C. Romero
Trace metals in sediment cores collected during the R/V Justo Sierra cruise and coastal sampling in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-07-31 to 2016-08-10, A. C. Ruiz-Fernandez, L. H. Perez-Bernal, and J.A. Sanchez Cabeza
Droplet size distribution of large-scale turbulent oil-in-water jets, Michael Schlüter and Simeon Pesch
Laboratory observations of bubble nucleation in methane-saturated crude oil, Michael Schlüter and Simeon Pesch
Laboratory observations of the behavior of gas-saturated crude oil droplets rising in seawater, Michael Schlüter and Simeon Pesch
CTD data collected onboard R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB-0717 in the Gulf of Mexico from 2017-07-19 to 2017-07-30, Patrick Schwing
Hydrocarbon-degrading microbial communities are site-specific and their activity is limited by synergies in temperature and nutrient availability in surface ocean waters, Xiaoxu Sun and Joel Kostka
Metagenomics characterization of red snapper microbiome following CEWAF and pathogen exposure, Andrea Tarnecki
Western Gulf of Mexico red snapper sample collection data, 2018-02-18 to 2018-09-18, Tara Topping
Dataset for: Ecotoxicological benthic impacts of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow deposition, Justine S. van Eenennaam, Melissa Rohal, Jagos R. Radovic, Thomas B. Oldenburg, Isabel Romero, Albertinka J. Murk, and Edwin M. Foekema
CEWAF-exposed Florida pompano reproduction data for test ID-208: Spawn and Hatch & Reproductive Function Assays, Dana Wetzel
CEWAF-exposed Florida pompano reproduction: Lipid Class Composition, Dana Wetzel
Field Collected Red fish and Southern Flounder: tPAH tissue results, Dana Wetzel
Red drum CEWAF uptake/depuration study: Immune Function Assays & Gene Expression, Dana Wetzel
Red drum diet exposure to Deepwater Horizon crude oil contaminated feed: Gene Expression, Dana Wetzel
Sub-adult southern flounder exposure to crude oil-contaminated sediment: Immune Function Assays & Gene Expression, Dana Wetzel
