Conserving Marine Ecosystems: Chapter 28 of Biodiversity : Are BC’s Marine Protected Areas Adequate?

Excerpt from: Michael Hawkes, M.W. 1994. Conserving Marine Ecosystems: Are British Columbia’s Marine Protected Areas Adequate? Chap. 28 in: Biodiversity in British Columbia: Our Changing Environment, edited by E. McCullum & L. Harding. Environment Canada: Vancouver. With permission from: Michael W. Hawkes Department of Botany University of British Columbia University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1

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