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27. Costas, E., Carrillo, E., Ferrero, L. M., Agrelo, M., García-Villada, L., Juste, J. & López-Rodas,
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agents: the ecological genetics of Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides (Chlorophyceae) under lethal
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28. López-Rodas, V., Agrelo, M., Carrillo, E., Ferrero, L., Larrauri, A., Martín-Otero, L. & Costas,
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29. Baos, R., García-Villada, L., Agrelo, M., López-Rodas, V., Hiraldo, F. & Costas, E. (2002)
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analising the resistance of Scenedesmus intermedius (Chlorophyceae) to the heavy metals
mixture from the Aznalcollar mine spill. Eur. J. Phycol. 37: 593-600.

30. García-Villada, L., Rico, M., Altamirano, M., Sánchez, L., López-Rodas, V. & Costas, E. (2004)
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characterization and future implications in the use of copper sulphate as algaecide. Water
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31. Flores-Moya, A., Costas, E. & López Rodas, V. (2008) Roles of adaptation, chance and history
in the evolution of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum triestinum under simulated global change
conditions. Naturwissenschaften. 95: 697-703.

32. López Rodas, V., Flores-Moya, A., Maneiro, E., Perdigones, N., Marvá, F., García, M. E. &
Costas, E. (2007) Resistance to glyphosate in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa as
result of preselective mutations. Evolutionary Ecology. 21: 535-547.

33. Sánchez-Fortún, S., Marvá, F., D’Ors, A. & Costas, E. (2008) Inhibition of growth and
photosynthesis of selected green microalgae as tools to evaluate toxicity of
dodecylethydimethyl-amonium bromide. Ecotoxicology. 17: 229-234.

34. Flores-Moya, A., Costas, E., Bañares-España, E., García-Villada, L., Altamirano, M. & López-
Rodas, V. (2005) Adaptation of Spirogyra insignis (Chlorophyta) to an extreme natural
environment (sulphureous waters) through pre-selective mutations. New Phytologist. 166: 655-
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35. Costas, E., Flores-Moya, A., Perdigones, N., Maneiro, E., Blanco, J. L., García, M. E. & López
Rodas, V. (2007) How eukaryotic algae can adapt to the Spain´s Rio Tinto: A neo-Darwinian
proposal for rapid adaptation to an extremely hostile ecosystem. New Phytol. 175: 334-339.

36. López-Rodas, V., Marvá, F., Costas, E. & Flores-Moya, A. (2008) Microalgal diversity in the
stressful acidic, metal-rich mine waters from Mynydd Parys (N Wales, UK) could be due to
selection of preselective mutants. Environmental Experimental Botany. 64: 43-48.

37. López-Rodas, V., Marvá, F., Rouco, M., Costas, E. & Flores-Moya, A. (2008) Adaptation of the
chlorophycean Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides to the stressful acidic, mine metal-rich waters
from Aguas Agrias Stream (SW Spain) as result of pre-selective mutations. Chemosphere (in
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38. Costas, E., Flores-Moya, A. & López-Rodas, V. (2008) Rapid adaptation of algae to extreme
environments (geothermal waters) by single mutation allows “Noah’s Arks” for
photosynthesizers during the Neoproterozoic “snowball Earth”? New Phytol. 180: 922-932.

39. López-Rodas, V., Flores-Moya, A., Maneiro, E., Perdigones, N., Marvá, F., García, M. E. &
Costas, E. (2007) Resistance to glyphosate in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa as
result of preselective mutations. Evol. Ecol. 21: 535-547.

40. Huertas, I. E., Rouco, M., López-Rodas, V. & Costas, E. (2010) Estimating the capability of
different phytoplankton groups to adapt to contamination: herbicides will affect phytoplankton
species differently. New Phytologist. 188: 478-487.

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