Which outcome occurs when fish lamellae experience reduced water flow during opercular pumping?

💡 Explanation

When water flow decreases, countercurrent exchange is less effective because the concentration gradient reduces across the gills, diminishing differential pressure, thus causing decreased oxygen absorption. Therefore oxygen absorption declines, differently from other processes which wouldn't rely only this gas equilibrium.

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