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: Food and feeding relationships in a community of freshwater fishes
Citation: J. Anim. Ecol. 17:1-14 (1948).
Year: 1948
# of species 18

Community Matrix:
 123456789101112131415161718
1-1000000000000-10000
20-1000000000-1000000
300-10-1-1-1-10000000-100
4000-10-1-1-1-1-100000000
50010000000000-1-1-10-1
60011000000-1-1-10-1000
7001100000000000-100
80011000000000-10000
9000100000000-10-1000
1000010000000-10-10000
11000001000000000000
12010001000100000-10-1
1300000100100000000-1
141000100101000000-10
1500001100100000000-1
1600101010000100000-1
17000000000000010000
18000010000001101100

Species#Species
1ulothrix
2spirogyra
3plant fragments
4synedra, coscinodiscus, other diatoms
5chironomid larvae
6simulium larvae (black fly)
7trichoptera larvae
8limnophilus, ephemeropteran nymph
9baetis
10ephemera nymph
11brown trout, dace
12gudgeon
13minnow
14roach
15loach
16three-spined stickleback
17eel
18pike

 

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