“…In our review of the literature, we found a large number of studies in which largemouth bass were simultaneously stocked with other piscivores or in conjunction with other ecosystem manipulations, such as human removal of fish, thus making the effects of largemouth bass indistinguishable from those of the other experimental manipulations (Hrba´cˇek et al, 1961;Shapiro & Wright, 1984; Wagner, 1986;Carpenter et al, 1987, Hanson & Butler, 1990Hanson & Butler, 1994a, b;McQueen et al, 2001;Albright et al, 2004). Six studies examined the top-down effects of largemouth bass cascading to phytoplankton without additional manipulations or simultaneous stocking with other piscivore species (Spencer & King, 1984;Hambright et al, 1986;Turner & Mittelbach, 1990;Hambright, 1994;Baca & Drenner 1995;Mittelbach et al, 1995;.…”