Which effect occurs when a swim bladder rupture prevents barotrauma compensation at depth?

💡 Explanation

When a swim bladder cannot compensate for pressure changes, rapid decompression drives dissolved gases out of solution because the gases exceed their solubility limit, leading to embolism formation in the bloodstream. Therefore a gas embolism occurs, rather than altered metabolism, osmotic shock, or protein denaturation, which require different physiological stressors.

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