Table 1 Changes of red and white blood cell counts (RBC and WBC) of juvenile red spotted grouper after thermal exposure of 2 days, 1 week and 6 weeks at different water temperature (25℃, 28℃, 31℃, and 34℃)

Parameters	Temperature	Thermal exposure period
Parameters	Temperature	2 days	1 week	6 weeks
RBC (×10⁶/mm³)	25℃	3.99±0.15^b	3.89±0.05^bc	3.68±0.04^c
	28℃	3.92±0.09^b	3.75±0.16^c	3.61±0.07^c
	31℃	4.06±0.19^b	4.16±0.09^b	4.53±0.19^b
	34℃	5.18±0.24^a	5.14±0.04^a	5.30±0.09^a
WBC (×10³/mm³)	25℃	9.81±0.49^c	9.19±0.43^c	8.67±0.30^b
	28℃	9.52±0.14^c	8.83±0.18^c	8.18±0.63^b
	31℃	12.31±0.02^b	11.63±0.27^b	13.03±0.36^a
	34℃	13.45±0.21^a	14.24±0.08^a	13.58±0.25^a