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 2018
DNA barcoding of invasive lionfish diet in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2013-03-30 to 2014-03-08, Kristen Dahl and William Patterson
Aging data of reef fish collected at natural reefs sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-30 to 2017-11-03, Miaya Glabach
Reef fish hook and line samples from natural reef sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-30 to 2017-11-02, Miaya Glabach
Crude oil degradation performance of a deep sea Rhodococcus PC20 strain under the influence of elevated hydrostatic pressure and dispersant, Steffen Hackbusch and Paul Bubenheim
Trace Metals and Minor Elements in Southern Gulf of Mexico Sediments following the Ixtoc Marine Oil Blow Out Event, 2015, David W. Hastings and Thomas Bartlett
Nitrogen fixing microbial communities in oiled and clean sands of Pensacola Beach, July 2010 and June 2011, and sugarcane and peat samples, Joel Kostka & Lavanya and Rishishwar
Core Extrusion Bulk Density/Pore Water, Northern Gulf of Mexico, November 2010 to September 2016, Rebekka A. Larson and Gregg R. Brooks
Bacteriohopanetetrol and bacteriohopanetetrol II in a southern Gulf of Mexico sediment core, August 2015, Sara Lincoln and Katherine Freeman
Meta-analysis of Gulf of Mexico Macrofauna Data from 1983-11-26 to 2015-08-09, Paul Montagna
Meta-analysis of Gulf of Mexico Meiofauna data from 1983-11-26 to 2015-08-06, Paul Montagna
Catch Data from Fish Collected throughout the Gulf of Mexico from 2011 until 2017, Steven A. Murawski
Tracking total bacterial abundances and Alcanivorax specific abundances with qPCR in Pensacola Beach, June 2010 to June 2011, Will A. Overholt
Benthic microbial community composition across the northern and southern Gulf of Mexico, 2012-2015, Will A. Overholt and Joel E. Kostka
Animations of the oil concentrations and the 3-D structure of the oil plume, numerical results from the far-field modeling of the Deepwater Horizon 2010 oil spill using a Connectivity Modeling System, Natalie Perlin and Claire B. Paris-Limouzy
Three-dimensional daily oil concentrations and oil mass estimates in the Gulf of Mexico from the modeling of the Deepwater Horizon 2010 oil spill using a Connectivity Modeling System, Natalie Perlin and Claire B. Paris-Limouzy
Particle size distributions under high pressure: Methane bubble size distributions, Simeon Pesch and Michael Schlüter
Interfacial tension between artificial seawater and methane, Michael Schluter, Katrin Laqua, and Simeon Pesch
Interfacial tension between Louisiana Sweet Crude oil and artificial seawater, Michael Schluter, Katrin Laqua, and Simeon Pesch
Interfacial tension between Louisiana Sweet Crude oil and methane, Michael Schluter, Katrin Laqua, and Simeon Pesch
Density of methane-saturated Louisiana Sweet Crude oil at 20 °C, Michael Schluter and Simeon Pesch
Interfacial tension of methane-saturated Louisiana Sweet Crude oil and artificial seawater at 20 degrees Celsius, Michael Schluter and Simeon Pesch
