Which disruption diminishes oxygen uptake efficiency during opercular pumping in fish gills?

💡 Explanation

When lamellae are damaged, the countercurrent exchange mechanism is disrupted because this specialized structure maximizes the oxygen gradient between the blood and ventilating water. Therefore oxygen uptake is diminished, rather than viscosity changes, osmotic pressure increases, or reduced frequency each involving other physiological responses.

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