Which outcome does increased metabolic demand create on fish gill countercurrent exchange efficiency during exercise?

💡 Explanation

When metabolic demand during exercise increases, the fish consumes more oxygen, reducing the oxygen gradient between the water and blood in the gills because of higher oxygen consumption, thus reducing the exchange efficiency. Therefore, oxygen exchange is reduced, rather than other proposed mechanisms which counteract this process.

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