I'm worried some about that. One question I have though is if my predator base is such that it will prevent PSC from thriving and BNM from recruitment, why wouldn't the same predators prevent significant recruitment from 1 or 2 pairs of LMB? Are LMB spawn better at avoiding predation than other species?

I also left out another potential forage/variable from my previous summary. Approximately half the pond has a 6 foot wide rip rap band around it that is packed full of 2 to 3 inch tadpoles. Are tadpoles/small frogs a significant forage?

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