Trial Island Overview: Physical and Biological

 ORIGINAL PURPOSE: To protect the most outstanding known assemblage of rare and endangered plant species in British Columbia Access: Landing on the islands is restricted to protect sensitive plants and ecosystems. A permit is required to access the reserve. Accessible by boat, but no docking facilities. See the complete PDF from BC PARKS: Trial Islands

Heavy metal and metallothionein concentrations in seabirds from the Pacific coast of Canada

by J E Elliott, A M Scheuhammer Biological Sciences › Miscellaneous Papers Overview Related research Marine Pollution Bulletin (1997) Volume: 34, Issue: 10, Pages: 794-801 ISSN: 0025326X DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00034-9 Available from linkinghub.elsevier.com Abstract Seabird tissues, collected during the 1990 breeding season from colonies on the Pacific coast of Canada, were analysed for Cd, Hg, Pb

Background Report, Checleset Bay Ecological Reserve

By D. A Blood- prepared for BC Parks, South Coast  Region. A very detailed 50 page report providing good backgound information on History,Climate,Physical Setting, Geology, Terrestrial Flora and Fauna and Marine Flora and Fauna. Also section on Sea Otters and Cultural Values. See the fullBackgrCheclesetBayER_Blood 1992_Ecocat PDF here: Section on reseource management issues