Water-storing cacti adapt to prolonged drought by closing their stomata, even at night, allowing them to refix CO2 lost in respiration before it diffuses out of the leaf or stem.

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  The Ecology of Photosynthetic Pathways | Learn Science at Scitable

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Referenced by nodes (3)

• stomata concept
• CO2 concept
• respiration concept