Which outcome impairs fish gill oxygen absorption when water temperature increases significantly?

💡 Explanation

When water temperature increases, the oxygen solubility decreases, causing a smaller oxygen gradient between the water and fish blood, impacting the countercurrent exchange because this mechanism relies on maintaining a maximum concentration gradient. Therefore countercurrent exchange efficiency disrupts, rather than directly impacting the other listed characteristics without that inefficiency.

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