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
- 2008
- Cyhoeddwyd
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
- Cyhoeddwyd
The growth of a Welsh strain of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) and investigations into its aquaculture potential.
Berrill, I. K. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Meh 2008, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 10, t. 2700-2706Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Isolation and characterization of 12 dinucleotide microsatellite loci in the anadromous fish Osmerus eperlanus (L.)
Taylor, A. N., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Beaumont, A. R., 1 Mai 2008, Yn: Molecular Ecology Resources. 8, 3, t. 581-583Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Genetic markers in biomonitoring programmes: providing a population structure framework for data interpretation.
Tysklind, N., Lyons, B. P., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Ion 2008.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
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
- Cyhoeddwyd
Stomach contents and stable isotopes: trophic ecology of a carcharhinid and a sphyrnid off south east Africa.
Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D., Cliff, G. C., Dudley, S. F. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Ion 2008.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- 2007
- Cyhoeddwyd
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
- Cyhoeddwyd
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
- Cyhoeddwyd
Age, growth and reproductive biology of Spangled Emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775), from the Arabian Sea, Oman.
Al-Mamry, J. M., El Ganainy, A. A., McCarthy, I. D., Richardson, C. A. & Ben Meriem, S., 1 Ion 2007, Yn: Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 33, t. 395-410Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Evolutionary implications of pollutants on genetic variability of sentinel bioindicator flatfish
Tysklind, N., Neuparth, T., Lyons, B. P., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Ion 2007.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Modeling the ecological effects of endocrine active compounds on fish: scaling from individuals to populations.
Rose, K. A., Murphy, C. A., Thomas, P., Fuiman, L. A., Alvarez, M. D., McCarthy, I. D. & Diamond, S. L., 1 Ion 2007.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Tracing the geographical origin of sea trout using scale microchemistry.
Ramsay, A. L., McCarthy, I. D., Hughes, R. N., Milner, N. J. & Davidson, I. C., 1 Ion 2007.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
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
- 2006
- Cyhoeddwyd
Maternal body burdens of methylmercury impair survival skills of offspring in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).
Alvarez, M. D., Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Rhag 2006, Yn: Aquatic Toxicology. 80, 4, t. 329-337Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Distribution, Abundance and Movement Patterns of Juvenile Flatfishes in the Punta Banda Estuary, Baja California, Mexico.
Griffiths, R., Herzka, S. Z., McCarthy, I. D. & Fodrie, F. J., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Does breeding site fidelity drive phenotypic and genetic sub-structuring of a population of Arctic charr?
Adams, C. E., Hamilton, D. J., McCarthy, I. D., Wilson, A. J., Grant, A., Alexander, G., Waldron, S., Snorasson, S. S., Ferguson, M. M. & Skulason, S., 1 Ion 2006, Yn: Evolutionary Ecology. 20, 1, t. 11-26Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Evolutionary implications of pollutants on genetic variability of sentinel bioindicator flatfish.
Tysklind, N., Lyons, B. P., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Protein synthesis in red drum larvae: time course and effects of contaminants.
Samberson, H., Fuiman, L. A. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Ultrasound as a potential, non-invasive tool for assessing maturity in skates and rays (Family: Rajidae).
Whittamore, J. M., Hanna, G. M., Bloomer, C. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- 2005
- Cyhoeddwyd
The population biology of the thornback ray, Raja clavata in Caernarfon Bay, north Wales
Whittamore, J. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Hyd 2005, Yn: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85, 5, t. 1089-1094Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Cellular energy allocation in the early life stages of the European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, following exposure to Arochlor 1254.
Griffiths, R., Herzka, S. Z., McCarthy, I. D. & Fodrie, F. J., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Distribution, Abundance and Movement Patterns of Juvenile Flatfishes in the Punta Banda Estuary, Baja California, Mexico.
Griffiths, R. J., Herzka, S. Z. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Effects of Aroclor 1254 on the growth, survival and behaviour of European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, larvae.
Doggett, M., McCarthy, I. D., Kaiser, M. J. & Mudge, S. M., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Using modeling to link the effects of contaminants on larval fish behavior to ecologically relevant endpoints.
Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., Fuiman, L. A., Alvarez, M. C., McCarthy, I. D., Diamond, S. L. & Thomas, P., 1 Ion 2005.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- 2004
- Cyhoeddwyd
A stable isotope analysis of trophic polymorphism among Arctic charr from Loch Ericht, Scotland
McCarthy, I. D., Fraser, D., Waldron, S. & Adams, C. E., 1 Tach 2004, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 65, 5, t. 1435-1440Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid