We investigated the physical and chemical elements of waters in Xinglin shrimp pond from November17th2000to Desember2nd2000.The results showed:the reason for the death of Penaeus japonicus Bate was that the level Of NH 4+ _N in shrimp pond waters was too high,which made surroundings of Penaeus japonicus Bate change suddenly and resulted in metabolic disorder in shrimp body,and caused Penaeus japonicus Bate poisoning and dying.