TODD Z. OSBORNE, PH.D.
SeaSafe is a path you choose.
Dr. Todd Z. Osborne, Assistant Professor in the Wetland Biogeochemistry Laboratory, has a diverse research program focusing on biogeochemical processes in soil and water in a variety of ecosystems throughout Florida. Currently, Dr. Osborne is highly engaged in Everglades restoration science with several projects investigating biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus, sulfur and carbon within the Greater Everglades. These research initiatives include fire effects on biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus and impacts to water quality and exotic species, sulfur biogeochemistry and relationships to mercury and phosphorus mobility in Everglades soils, and spatial variability of soil nutrients at the landscape scale. Other Everglades research currently being conducted in Dr. Osborne’s program includes conservation of the ridge and slough landscape mosaic in the central Everglades via research on hydrologic modulators of plant productivity and community structure. Collaborative efforts with Dr. Matt Cohen (SFRC) and Dr. Mark Clark (SWS) have led to interesting new findings concerning alternative stable state theory with respect to south Florida wetlands (Watts et al. in review). Recently completed work on nutrient gradients in the Taylor Slough basin of Everglades National Park have also gained the attention of ecologists and Park Service land managers, resulting in new theories concerning nutrient cycling at the landscape scale in Everglades restoration science.
“I was living in my hometown working a dream job, but just wasn’t happy with all the hours I was putting in…There just wasn’t enough time for fishing and hunting.”
Dr. Todd's Projects
Research Areas:
- Soil Quality/Ecosystem Services
- Soil/Landscape Analysis
- Wetlands and Aquatic Systems
Clam Restoration
Mangrove Planting
Restocking Initiatives
To clean and protect.
To keep something good from our childhood and pass it on. Everyone has their own passion, whether it’s water quality or saving beaches, picking up trash or planting trees, reclaiming or re-clamming.
SeaSafe INCLUDES every CREATURE in the sea. It is A WAY OF LIFE where everyone’s project is important, and everyone does their part, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL. IT ALL ADDS UP TO SEASAFE. GOOD CLEAN FUN.
From coast-to-coast, Star brite supports efforts to protect our beaches and waterways for future generations. Whether it’s helping restore the clam population in the Indian River Lagoon or working our way towards planting a million mangroves, we support the causes that you support. That’s the SeaSafe way. It’s Good Clean Fun.
Find out how you can live the SeaSafe life with these projects and more at www.Starbrite.com or check with your local CCA chapter.