Food Web Database

The food webs are based on published studies of various types of habitat. The original food web matrix is not a square matrix.  It contains m columns of predators and n rows of preys with a 1 at the intersection to indicate a direct feeding relation. We converted the original food web matrix into a community matrix and set a_ij = -1 and a_ji = 1 if species i feeds on species j. You can decide if a self-loop is added to each species or to the primary producer.

Web Number:
1 ,	2 ,	3 ,	4 ,	5 ,	6 ,	7 ,	8 ,	9 ,	10 ,	11 ,	12 ,	13 ,	14 ,	15 ,
16 ,	17 ,	18 ,	19 ,	20 ,	21 ,	22 ,	23 ,	24 ,	25 ,	26 ,	27 ,	28 ,	29 ,	30 ,
31 ,	32 ,	33 ,	34 ,	35 ,	36 ,	37 ,	38 ,	39 ,	40 ,	41 ,	42 ,	43 ,	44 ,	45 ,
46 ,	47 ,	48 ,	49 ,	50 ,	51 ,	52 ,	53 ,	54 ,	55 ,	56 ,	57 ,	58 ,	59 ,	60 ,
61 ,	62 ,	63 ,	64 ,	65 ,	66 ,	67 ,	68 ,	69 ,	70 ,	71 ,	72 ,	73 ,	74 ,	75 ,
76 ,	77 ,	78 ,	79 ,	80 ,	81 ,	82 ,	83 ,	84 ,	85 ,	86 ,	87 ,	88 ,	89 ,	90 ,
91 ,	92 ,	93 ,	94 ,	95 ,	96 ,	97 ,	98 ,	99 ,	100 ,	101 ,	102 ,	103 ,	104 ,	105 ,
106 ,	107 ,	108 ,	109 ,	110 ,	111 ,	112 ,	113 ,

Title: The trophic interrelationships and ecology of some littoral communities of Lake Nyasa Citation: Proc. London Zool. Soc. 132:153-281 (1959). Prior number: Cohen (1978) 28.1 Year: 1978 # of species 31 Add self-loop to only primary producers Add self-loop to all species Community Matrix:   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Species# Species 1 Haplochromis paradalis, other predatory fishes 2 Haplochromis polyodon 3 Haplochromis kiwinge 4 juvenile cichlids 5 Pseudotropheus zebra 6 Pseudotropheus elongatus, P. tropheops, Pseudotropheus minutus, P. auratus, P. fuscus, Labeotrpheus fuelleborni, L. trewavasae, 7 Haplochromis guentheri H. Fenestratus 8 Mastacembelus shiranus 9 Bathyclarias worthingtoni 10 Labidochromis vellicans 11 Labidochromis caeruleus 12 Haplochromis euchilus 13 Haplochromis omatus 14 Pseudotropheus fuscoides 15 Hydropsychid larvae 16 Neoperia spio nymphs 17 Cynotilapia afra 18 Potomonautes lirrangensis 19 Schizopera consimilis 20 leech 21 ostracods 22 Barilius microcephalus 23 Eubrianax larvae 24 Elmid larvae 25 Chironomid larvae 26 Afronurus nymphs 27 Aufwuchs 28 terrestrial insects 29 plankton 30 Melanochromis melanopterus 31 Varicorhinus nyasensis