Which process limits oxygen uptake in fish gills if water flow becomes laminar?

💡 Explanation

When water flow becomes laminar, the diffusion boundary layer thickens around the gill lamellae, because turbulent mixing cannot occur, reducing the concentration gradient driving oxygen transfer. Therefore, reduced boundary layer diffusion limits uptake, rather than multipliers, cell exhaustion, or ram efficiency, which rely on different physiological processes.

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