1 INTRODUCTION  
2 DATA SETS  
3 GALEX AND ALHAMBRA DATA: UV-SELECTED GALAXIES AND SED FITTING  
4 UV-SELECTED GALAXIES AT $Z\sim1$  
5 SED-DERIVED STELLAR POPULATIONS  
6 SIZES AND MORPHOLOGY  
7 COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM  
8 COMPARISON TO HIGH-REDSHIFT LBGS  
9 CONCLUSIONS