Which effect reduces oxygen uptake efficiency when flow direction disrupts the countercurrent exchange in fish gills?

💡 Explanation

When flow disrupts countercurrent exchange, the blood flows parallel with water, reducing the oxygen concentration difference driving oxygen diffusion because gradient diminishes to equilibrium. Therefore a reduced diffusion gradient results, rather than increased viscous drag, boundary layer increases, or local metabolic acidosis directly from reverse flow.

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