Why would we want to study mass specific gill surface areas instead of simply comparing absolute gill surface areas among the fish species?

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Ezekiel Baniaga · Answer 1 · 2018-11-12T08:45:09+0000

Because rates of respiration and blood-oxygen diffusion would vary from species-to-species in fish, and by studying this via the mass of various fish we could determine the laws concerning gill-based respiration and blood oxygenation in fish of various sizes.

Why would we want to study mass specific gill surface areas instead of simply comparing absolute gill surface areas among the fish species?

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