... causesummerkill of fish due to oxygen depletion. Someforms of planktonic algae may be toxic to live-stock, wildlife, and humans, and it may imparttaste or odor to the water. Although uncommonin ... rec-ommended for stocking new or renovated ponds.Starting a pond off by stocking larger fish istempting, but can lead to an “unbalanced” pondwith too many fish of one kind and too few ofanother. Stocking ... animals at the bottom of the foodchain, the phytoplankton and zooplankton. Thisincrease in production at the bottom of the foodweb may ultimately translate into improvedgrowth and production...