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Studies of photosynthetic pathways in submerged aquatic macrophytes have shown that the aquatic environment has selected for a number of surprising characteristics. Examples include Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM, a pathway typically restricted to xerophytes) in submerged aquatic species of Isoetes and other aquatic macrophytes (Keeley 1981; Keeley and Morton 1982) and the unusual combination of C3 and C4 carboxylation reactions within the same cells in leaves of Hydrilla verticillata (Bowes and Salvucci 1984).
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Keeley, J.E. (1989). Stable Carbon Isotopes in Vernal Pool Aquatics of Differing Photosynthetic Pathways. In: Rundel, P.W., Ehleringer, J.R., Nagy, K.A. (eds) Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research. Ecological Studies, vol 68. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3498-2_5
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