Which effect occurs when a fish maintains countercurrent exchange in its gills as water temperature increases?

💡 Explanation

When water temperature increases, dissolved oxygen decreases; maintaining countercurrent exchange encounters a lower oxygen gradient because of thermal effects lowering oxygen carrying capacity, leading to reduced oxygen uptake efficiency despite constant flow. Therefore decreased oxygen uptake occurs rather than increased diffusion, activity changes, or reduced excretion which relate to separate physiological mechanisms.

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