Which consequence results when a fish's efferent blood vessel constricts near gill lamellae during high activity?

💡 Explanation

When afferent blood vessels constrict, countercurrent exchange weakens because blood velocity increases, reducing the equilibrium time across the diffusion gradient. Therefore reduced oxygen extraction results, rather than higher carbon dioxide elimination, pH change, or ammonia diffusion which require differing metabolic adjustments.

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