Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> >
> >Not necessarily, if the initial population numbers were skewed too far
> >in the favor of the carp.
>
> Initially, there were no carp.
>

Sigh. The initial *competitive* populations. I'm not inclined to
explain this further, but suffice it to say, if the reproduction of the
carp is such that it overpopulates the niche before the preadtors can
"catch up" so to speak, the predators will not impact the prey
populations significantly. Introducing more predatory species *could*
put the relationship back in balance.

-L.