August 14, 2008
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5:00AM Friday August 15, 2008
By Craig Borley
Cutting down rainforests can destroy life deep below the sea’s surface, as well as that below the trees, a young Dunedin scientist has discovered.
Dr Rebecca McLeod’s prize includes a trip to Britain. Photo / Greg Bowker
The research won University of Otago marine ecologist Rebecca McLeod the top prize at last night’s MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards in Auckland.
A further 10 prizes were awarded, for young scientists researching topics ranging from well-meaning tourists’ harmful effects on yellow-eyed penguins to preventing blue-stain fungi in timber.
Dr McLeod’s research began 420m beneath Doubtful Sound, where the 30-year-old encountered the jawless, toothless and blind slimy hagfish.
She began to research the diet, and discovered a complex food web - coastal deep-water creatures relied on neighbouring coastal forests for their food.
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