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 aij = -1 and aji = 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: Ecological aspects of a California marine estuary
Citation: Am. Midi. Nat. 16:629-765 (1935).
Year: 1935
# of species 25

Community Matrix:
 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
1-10-1-10-100-10000000000000000
20-1-10-1-1-1-1-1-1000000000000000
3110-1000000000000000000000
410100000000-10000000000000
501000000000-10000000000000
61100000000000-10000000-1-1-10
70100000000000000000000000
801000000000-10-100000000000
9110000000000-1-1000000000-1-1
10010000000000-10-1-1000000000
110000000000-100000000000000
120001100100000010-1-10000000
130000000011000000000000000
14000001011000000000000000-1
1500000000010-100000-1-1000000
160000000001000000000000000
1700000000000100000000000-1-1
1800000000000100100000-1-1-10-1
1900000000000000100000-1000-1
200000000000000000000-100000
210000000000000000011000000
22000001000000000001000000-1
230000010000000000010000000
240000010010000000100000000
250000000010000100111001000

Species#Species
1primary producers
2detritus
3protozoa
4crustacea
5Cailianassa
6shore crabs
7Phoronopsis
8Urechis
9clams
10Lumbrinereis, Notomastus
11heron
12Clevelandia
13wading birds
14stingray
15Nereis, Clycera
16nmereteans
17terns, shorebirds
18cabezon
19flounder
20Cerebratulus
21loon, cormorant
22striped bass
23scoter
24gulls
25man

 

This project has been funded by:
NWACC Grant - Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (http://www.nwacc.org/)