Dr Ian McCarthy
Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil
Contact info
Room: Room 108A, Nuffield Fish Lab
Phone: 01248 382862
E-mail: i.mccarthy@bangor.ac.uk
I graduated with a degree in Marine Biology and Zoology from the University College of North Wales, bangor (as was Bangor University) in 1987 and undertook a PhD on individual variation in behavioural and physiological performance in salmonids and sea bass at Aberdeen University under the supervison of Prof. Dominic Houlihan between 1989 and 1992. I remained in Aberdeen for 4 years postdoctoral research studying the physiological ecology of salmonids and flounder. In 1996, I was awarded a NERC Fellowship and I moved to the University Field Station (Glasgow University) on Loch Lomondside to examine the effect of intraspecific variation in physiological performance on growth and life history strategies in salmonid fish. In 1999, I 'popped over the pond' to Mustang Island on the Gulf coast of south Texas to work for Prof. Lee Fuiman at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas. My research in south Texas examined the sublethal effects of pollutants on the behavioural and physiological performance of marine fish larvae. I returned to Menai Bridge in February 2002 as a Lecturer in Fish Biology being promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010 and appointed a Reader in 2016.
Although I trained as a fish biologist, my research interests have broadened and I now work on the behavioural and physiological ecology of aquatic animals (molluscs, echinoderms, crustaceans and fishes). In general, my research interest are:
- growth and energetics of aquatic animals (in particular protein synthesis/turnover, trade offs in energy allocation and physiological capacity to survive environmental change)
- Consistency of individual physiological and behavioural performance and impacts on life history strategies and fitness
- use of chemical tags (isotopes and trace elements) to examine feeding ecology and movement patterns
- population biology and management of temperate marine fisheries
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δ15N and δ13C diet-tissue discrimination factors for large sharks under semi-controlled conditions.
Hussey, N. E., Brush, J., McCarthy, I. D. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Ebr 2010, Yn: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 155, 4, t. 445-453Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sharks vs. the rest of the world: lipid extraction and stable isotopes.
Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D., Dudley, S. F. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Ion 2008.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Stable isotope profiles of large marine predators: viable indicators of trophic position, diet, and movement in sharks?
Hussey, N. E., Dudley, S. F., McCarthy, I. D., Cliff, G. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Rhag 2011, Yn: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68, 12, t. 2029-2045Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Use of a Long Term Tag-recapture Data Set on the Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) in South East Africa to Determine Spatial and Temporal Movements and Growth Rates.
Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D. & Mann, B. Q., 1 Ion 2007.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Prey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced changes in O-2 consumption and antipredator behaviour
Karythis, S., Cornwell, T., Gimenez Noya, L., McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Medi 2020, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 167, t. 13-22Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Phylogenetic and ecological factors influencing the number and distribution of electroreceptors in elasmobranchs
Kempster, R. M., McCarthy, I. D. & Collin, S. P., Ebr 2012, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 80, 5, t. 2055-2088Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Repeatability of escape response performance in the queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis
Laming, S. R., Jenkins, S. R. & McCarthy, I. D., Medi 2013, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 17, t. 3264-3272Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Predicting potential spawning areas of European bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, in the Irish and Celtic Seas
Lincoln, H., Robins, P., Wilmes, S-B., Pérez-Mayol, S., Moore, A., Simpson, S., Goward Brown, A., Heney, C., Malham, S., Morales-Nin, B., Hold, N. & McCarthy, I., 1 Chwef 2024, Yn: Fisheries Research. 270, 106884.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Strategies for using population genetic markers in the European sentinel flatfish species Dab (Limanda limanda)
Lyons, B. P., Tysklind, N., Stentiford, G. D., Feist, S. W., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Gorff 2008, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 66, 1, t. 179-180Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The status of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Britain and Ireland.
Maitland, P. S., Winfield, I. J., McCarthy, I. D. & Igoe, F., 1 Maw 2007, Yn: Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 16, 1, t. 6-19Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The present status of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in the UK and Ireland.
Maitland, P. S., Winfield, I. J., McCarthy, I. D. & Igoe, F., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Discriminating nursery grounds of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the south-eastern Irish Sea using otolith microchemistry
Marriott, A., McCarthy, I., Ramsay, A. & Chenery, S. R., 21 Maw 2016, Yn: Marine Ecology: progress series. 546, t. 183-195Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Population biology of the red gurnard (Aspitrigla cuculus L.; Triglidae) in the inshore waters of Eastern Anglesey and Northwest Wales.
Marriott, A., Latchford, J. W. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Awst 2010, Yn: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 26, 4, t. 504-512Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Allozyme heterozygosity, date of first feeding and life history strategy in Atlantic salmon
McCarthy, I. D., Sanchez, J. A. & Blanco, G., 1 Chwef 2003, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 62, 2, t. 341-357Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Validation of the flooding dose technique to determine fractional rates of protein synthesis in a model bivalve species, the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.)
McCarthy, I. D., Nicholls, R., Malham, S. K. & Whiteley, N. M., 23 Hyd 2015, Yn: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, t. 166-173Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Post-prandial changes in protein synthesis in red drum (Sciaenops acellatus) larvae.
McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Meh 2011, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 11, t. 1821-1828Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The Welsh Torgoch (Salvelinus alpinus).
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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The use of stable isotopes in charr research.
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Age, growth and maturity of tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna Linnaeus 1758: Triglidae) in the inshore coastal waters of Northwest Wales, UK
McCarthy, I. & Marriott, A., Meh 2018, Yn: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 3, t. 581-589Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The Welsh Torgoch (Salvelinus alpinus): a short review of its distribution and ecology.
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Maw 2007, Yn: Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 16, 1, t. 34-40Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Determining the optimum temperature and salinity for larval culture, and describing a culture protocol for the conservation aquaculture for European smelt Osmerus eperlanus (L).
McCarthy, I., Jones, N., Moore, D. & Berlinsky, D., Ion 2020, Yn: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 36, 1, t. 113-120 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Growth and protein metabolism in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae exposed to environmental levels of atrazine and malathion.
McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 30 Gorff 2008, Yn: Aquatic Toxicology. 88, 4, t. 220-229Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Temporal repeatability of relative standard metabolic rate in juvenile Atlantic salmon and its relation to life history variation
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Gorff 2000, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 57, 1, t. 224-238Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Competitive ability is related to metabolic asymmetry in juvenile rainbow trout.
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Hyd 2001, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 59, 4, t. 1002-1014Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Elevated pCO2 does not impair performance in autotomised individuals of the intertidal predatory starfish Asterias rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)
McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N., Fernandez, W., Ragagnin, M., Cornwell, T., Suckling, C. & Turra, A., Ion 2020, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104841.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid