Which risk increases for fish larvae in oxygen-depleted water?

💡 Explanation

Reduced oxygen levels inhibit the countercurrent exchange mechanism in gills, because diffusion gradients are weakened, impairing oxygen uptake efficiency. This leads to hypoxia rather than improving oxygen affinity because reduced gradients inhibit gas transfer; therefore, larvae survival declines, due to insufficient oxygen.

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