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: Effect of the water mite Piona constricta on planktonic community structure
Citation: M.Sc. Thesis, University of Ottawa, Canada (1983).
Year: 1983
# of species 17

Community Matrix:
 1234567891011121314151617
1-10000000-100000000
20-10000-10-1-10000000
300-10000-1-1-1-1000000
4000-10-10-100-1000000
50000-1-100000000000
60001100-100-1000000
701000000000-1-10-1-10
800110100000-1-1-1-100
9111000000000-100-10
10011000000000-1-1000
11001101000000-1-1000
12000000110000000-10
13000000111110000-10
14000000010110000-10
1500000011000000000
160000001010011100-1
1700000000000000010

Species#Species
1phytoplankton cells above 30 micrometer
2phytoplankton cells 10-30 micrometer
3phytoplankton cells below 10 micrometer
4particulate organic matter
5dissolved organic matter
6bacteria
7Daphnia, Diaphanosoma, Ceriodaphnia
8Bosmina, Chydorus, Tropocyclops
9Diatomus
10copepodites
11rotifers and copepod nauplii
12Leptodora kindtii
13Chaoborus
14Epischura, Mesocyclops, Acanthocyclops
15Piona constricta
16Osmerus eperlanus mordax
17Salvelinus namaycush, Esox lucius

 

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