… , highlighting the importance of ecology and evolution. … Marine algae presented in general
lower rates of adaptation … , leading to the classic neo-darwinian strategy in which changes …

… calculated as a function of the algae strain growth in steady state… The adaptation of microalgae
to UMIWs of Spain and Portugal … extreme for these eukaryotes. In the case of QBP and SP, …

… Rhodophyta (red algae) are a group of photosynthetic … b, c Microbial biofilms from the acid
mine drainage site Rio Tinto, Spain … Thus, eukaryotes provide essential ecosystem functions …

… U-‐contaminated pond of Saelices uranium-‐mine (Spain). Some microalgae colonized …
that allow rapid adaptation of mesophyle microalgae to extreme environment of the … algae had …

… National Park, Andalucía, Spain. The isolation site was not … of populations and population
ecology is needed. Several … This is consistent with the Neo-Darwinian view regarding …

… Thus, eukaryotes provide essential ecosystem functions within the … eukaryotic algae can
adapt to the Spain’s Rio Tinto: A neo-Darwinian proposal for rapid adaptation to an extremely …

… However, aquatic ecosystems are often receptors of toxic … The study of genetic adaptation
of microalgae to extreme … nm waveband to ensure exponential algal growth. Each assay …

… In search for new extremophilic algae suitable for large-scale … growth was observed during
this adaptation time, the pre-… high-throughput screening procedures can offer a solution to …

… 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 (2007). …

Acid mine drainage (AMD) causes major environmental problems and consequently, several
treatments are proposed, favoring the passive systems because of their many advantages. …