The peach blossom jellyfish species was introduced from China and has now spread around the world
A University of British Columbia researcher is predicting that sightings of an invasive, freshwater jellyfish could increase rapidly in the wake of climate change.
The first reported sighting was in August 1990, and they've mainly been found in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, but more recently there have been sightings further inland in Osoyoos Lake. The paper adds that it cannot rule out peach blossom jellyfish in areas further north or east, but records don't exist.
Pakhomov said the jellyfish inhabit shallow areas and can be found on rocks and submerged wood debris. He said that researchers generally only know about the jellyfish in a body of water when the polyps form a"floating medusa," but that only happens when the water temperature is above 21 C. There is a seasonal pattern to the sightings, with Ju
Lüskow's paper predicts that the sighting and number of locations will increase by the end of the decade as climate change persists.
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