紅尾蝦於28.5℃產下的受精卵,在產卵後8~11分鐘時收集,然後經30分鐘低溫(11.7℃~15.8℃)震擊,其孵化率不受影響。而11.7℃及15.8℃溫度震擊所育成的蝦苗,經與對照組(28.5℃)蝦苗放養於水泥池後,有相同的成長趨勢。但處理組蝦有較佳的越冬效果,對照組蝦在20℃急降至11.5℃之寒流中全部死亡。而且11.7℃處理組蝦在越冬期活存率較15.8℃處理組高,但相反在夏季高水溫期15.8℃處理組活存率比11.7℃組高。以SDS-PAGF電泳分析,15.8℃處理組蝦,其肌肉蛋白組成在分子量68K~94K之間有與11.7℃處理組及對照組不同表現,體質上可能已有變化。在溫度震擊之蝦體色較黑,尾扇無法展得很開,額角較短,其上下緣齒數少而且變異大,第3步脚大部份不超越第2觸角的鱗片,這些形態與紅尾蝦有所不同。經育成種蝦後,在魚塭中與紅尾蝦相同有很高的自然交尾率,但其精莢中之精子以短尾者為多。雌蝦經單眼柄切除以誘導產卵,11.7℃處理組卵巢無法發育,15.8℃處理組雖可發育產卵,但卵數少,孵化率低,幼生活力低,在無節幼蟲卽全死亡,這些現象表現似乎為多倍體但有待進一步證實。
Fertilized eggs at 8-11 minutes after spawning under 28.5℃,were collectedand shocked immediately in the pre-cooled water of 11.7℃ and 15.8℃ for 30minutes.Cold shocks made no significant difference in hatching rate andgrowth rate.All untreated shrimps died due to a severe cold current,whenthe water temperature dropped down sharply from 20℃ to 11.7℃,while thoseof treated shrimp still survived afterwards.The survival rate of 11.7℃-treated-shrimp was higher than that of 15.8℃-treated-shrimp in winter,but the resultwas reversal in summer.The offsprings of 15.8℃ treated shrimps were weak,with low fecundity,different protein patterns and morphological featureswhen compared with the 11.7℃ group and the control group.It is presumablythat those effects were resulted from the polyploidy in 5.8℃ group.