Is this because it's a depauperate fish fauna to begin with?
> We have lots and lots of birds here that eat fish-- herons, cormorants,
> mergansers, terns, several species of kingfisher, eagles, and more-- but few
> fish that eat fish.
Maybe that's why -- because there aren't enough fish to feed birds *and*
other fish (and bears).
> I'm also wondering a few things about the threat of the northern pike in
> Lake Davis:
> Is it really a threat to the endangered salmonids or is it a threat to
> lucrative fisheries there?
According to Moyle's *Inland Fishes of California" (2nd ed.), pike in Davis
Reservoir are a potential hazard to salmon populations.
Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
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