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
Total Polycyclic Aromatic results for CEWAF and pathogen exposed Red Snapper, Dana Wetzel
RNA-seq transcriptome characterization of tissue from sub-adult southern flounder exposed to Louisiana crude oil contaminated sediment, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, and Rebecca Medvecky
Total petroleum hydrocarbon results from sub-adult red drum exposure to chemically enhanced water accommodated fraction for 4 days uptake, 6 days duration, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, Rebecca Medvecky, and Christelle Miller
Total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon results for CEWAF-exposed Florida pompano reproduction, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, Rebecca Medvecky, and Christelle Miller
Total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (TPAH) results: Chemically enhanced water-accommodated fractions (CEWAF)-exposed Florida pompano F1 Generation, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, Rebecca Medvecky, and Christelle Miller
CEWAF water exposed Florida pompano F0 reproduction: Oxidative Stress Assays, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, Christelle Miller, and Rebecca Medvecky
Red drum CEWAF uptake/depuration study: RNA-seq transcriptome characterization of tissue, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, Christelle Miller, and Rebecca Medvecky
Sub-adult Southern flounder exposure to crude oil-contaminated sediment: Oxidative Stress Assays & DNA Damage Assays, Dana Wetzel, Tracy Sherwood, Christelle Miller, and Rebecca Medvecky
Red drum CEWAF uptake/depuration study: Oxidative Stress Assays & DNA Damage Assays, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, and RL Medvecky
Red drum diet exposure to Deepwater Horizon crude oil contaminated feed: Fish Growth, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, and RL Medvecky
CEWAF-exposed Florida pompano reproduction: Oxidative stress and DNA damage assays, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, CA Miller, and RL Medvecky
CEWAF-exposed Florida pompano reproduction: tPAH results, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, CA Miller, and RL Medvecky
CEWAF water exposed Florida pompano F0 reproduction: Lipid Class Composition, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, CA Miller, and RL Medvecky
Red drum CEWAF uptake/depuration study: Lipid Composition, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, CA Miller, and RL Medvecky
Red drum diet exposure to Deepwater Horizon crude oil contaminated feed: Oxidative Stress Assays, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, CA Miller, and RL Medvecky
Sub-adult Southern flounder exposure to crude oil-contaminated sediment: Lipid Composition and Fatty Acids, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, CA Miller, and RL Medvecky
CEWAF-exposed Florida pompano reproduction: Spawn and Hatch & Reproductive Function Assays, DL Wetzel, TA Sherwood, NR Rhody, MJ Resley, and RL Medvecky
Dataset for: Effects of Oil Properties and Slick Thickness on Dispersant Field Effectiveness and Oil Fate, Marieke Zeinstra-Helfrich
Submissions from 2018
Evaluation of diet matrix uncertainty for the Atlantis model, Cameron Ainsworth
Input, output and complete run files for the Atlantis ecosystem model Deepwater Horizon oil spill simulations, Cameron Ainsworth
Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Otolith Δ14C Bomb Radiocarbon Chronometer in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Beverly Barnett
Sediment Texture and Composition of Sediment Cores Collected During R/V Weatherbird II Cruises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-11-18 to 2016-09-09, Gregg R. Brooks and Rebekka A. Larson
Short-lived Radioisotope Geochronology from Sediment Cores Collected During R/V Weatherbird II Cruises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-11-18 to 2016-09-09, Gregg R. Brooks and Rebekka A. Larson
Sub-adult Southern flounder exposure to crude oil-contaminated sediment: tPAH results, Dana L Wetzel Christelle A Miller
Dispersant enhances hydrocarbon degradation and alters the structure of metabolically active microbial communities in shallow seawater from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Lena Chu, Elisa Mercando, Roger C. Prince, Isabel C. Romero, and David Hollander
