Cp class (colonizer-persister)

Characteristics

1

Short generation time; large percentage of body occupied by gonad; small eggs; rapid growth under enriched condition; form dauer larvae in impoverished conditions; mainly bacterivores

2

Short generation time; relatively high reproduction rates (but slower than cp-1); slower response to environmental enrichment; do not form dauerlarvae; occur in a wide range of environments; tolerant of pollutants and disturbance; mainly bacterial and fungus feeders and a few predators

3

Longer generation time that cp2 and greater sensitivity to disturbance; bacterial and fungus feeders and some predators

4

Small dorylaims and large non-dorylaims with a low ratio of gonads to body volume. Long generation time, permeable cuticle. The carnivores actively seek prey, the non-carnivores are less active. Includes large carnivores, smaller omnivores and some bacterial feeders

5

Large dorylaimid nematodes with long life spans, low reproduction rates, low metabolic activity; gonads small in relation to body volume; low number of large eggs; very sensitive to pollutants and other disturbances. Large omnivores and predators