Species that colonize disturbed or polluted sediments. These species are often small, grow rapidly, have short life spans, and produce many offspring .
Species characterized by high reproduction rates, rapid development, early reproduction, small body size, and uncertain adult survival. opsonization An immune response in which the binding of antibodies to the surface of a microbe facilitates phagocytosis of the microbe by a macrophage. orbital orbis, circle, disk] In the current model of atomic structure, the volume of space surrounding the atomic nucleus in which an electron will be found 90 percent of the time.