Miscellaneous
A local biologist who's been making waves for her research into jellyfish that reside in freshwater ecosystems, including some here in Western North Carolina is part of an international campaign to protect and better understand marine life in a vast stretch of salt water - most of us will never see. UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of Biology Rebecca Hel m, PhD, spends much of her time trying to find and study the tiny freshwater jellyfish that reside in the ponds and lakes in Western North Carolina. "Keep your eye out for little nickel size, semi clear, slightly greyish jellyfish moving around," says Helm. "They look like jellyfish. They have that very stereotypical pulsing movement, and they seem to collect in certain areas of a pond. And that's one of the things we're hoping to figure out, you know, why do they go to these particular areas? Are they actively moving to those areas, is the circulation of the pond sort of moving them around - we want to find out." But lately, It's the