Which limitation impacts oxygen uptake efficiency in fish gills exposed osmotic stress?

💡 Explanation

When osmotic stress impacts a fish, it activates responses increasing mucus excretion because this protects the gill epithelium but increases the diffusion distance oxygen must travel. Therefore, oxygen uptake is limited by elevated mucus, rather than perfusion, viscosity, or cells, due to the specific effects of osmoregulation.

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