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
- Cyhoeddwyd
The effect of ocean acidification on the intertidal hermit crab Pagurus criniticornis is not modulated by cheliped amputation and sex
turra, A., Ragagnin, M., McCarthy, I. & Fernandez, W., Ion 2020, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104794.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Sub-lethal predatory shell damage does not affect physiologyunder high CO2 in the intertidal gastropod Tritia reticulata
Yokoyama, L., Turra, A., Suckling, C., Torres, G., Davies, A. & McCarthy, I., 2020, Yn: Ocean and Coastal Management. 68, 11 t., e20274.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 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
- 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
The population biology of the thornback ray, Raja clavata L., in Caernarfon Bay, North Wales.
Whittamore, J. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Evaluating ultrasonography as a non-lethal method for the assessment of maturity in oviparous elasmobranchs.
Whittamore, J. M., Bloomer, C., Hanna, G. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Rhag 2010, Yn: Marine Biology. 157, 12, t. 2613-2624Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Sensitivity to near-future CO2 conditions in marine crabs depends on their compensatory capacities for salinity change
Whiteley, N., Suckling, C., Ciotti, B., Brown, J., McCarthy, I., Gimenez Noya, J. & Hauton, C., 23 Hyd 2018, Yn: Scientific Reports. 8, 15639, t. 1-13 13 t., 8:15639.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Isolation and characterization of 28 new microsatellite markers for European flounder (Platichthys flesus L.)
Tysklind, N., Neuparth, T., Ashcroft, G. R., Taylor, M. I., Lyons, B. P., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Mai 2009, Yn: Molecular Ecology Resources. 9, 3, t. 1065-1068Allbwn 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
Population genetics provides new insights into biomarker prevalence in dab (Limanda limanda L.): a key marine biomonitoring species
Tysklind, N., Taylor, M. I., Lyons, B. P., Goodsir, F., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Medi 2013, Yn: Evolutionary Applications. 6, 6, t. 891-909Allbwn 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
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
Development of 30 microsatellite markers for dab (Limanda limanda L.): a key UK marine biomonitoring species.
Tysklind, N., Taylor, M. I., Lyons, B. P., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Mai 2009, Yn: Molecular Ecology Resources. 9, 3, t. 951-955Allbwn 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
Protein Growth, Growth Rate, and Protein Synthesis Rate of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Larvae Exposed to Sublethal and Environmentally Realistic Levels of Two Pesticides, Atrazine and Malathion.
Samberson, H., Fuiman, L. A. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2004.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
Environmentally realistic levels of Atrazine (but not malathion) impair protein metabolism in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae.
Samberson, H., Fuiman, L. A. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Differences in mitochondrial efficiency explain individual variation in growth performance
Salin, K., Villasevil, E., Anderson, G., Lamarre, S., Melanson, C., McCarthy, I., Selman, C. & Metcalfe, N., 21 Awst 2019, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1909, t. 20191466Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 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
Biogeochemical tags in fish: predicting spatial variations in strontium and manganese in Salmo trutta scales using stream water geochemistry
Ramsay, A. L., Hughes, R. N., Chenery, S. R. & McCarthy, I. D., 11 Tach 2014, Yn: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72, 3, t. 422-433Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Fish scale δ15N and δ13C values provide biogeochemical tags of fish comparable in performance to element concentrations in scales and otoliths
Ramsay, A. L., Milner, N. J., Hughes, R. N. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Medi 2012, Yn: Hydrobiologia. 694, 1, t. 183-196Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Comparison of the performance of scale and otolith microchemistry as fisheries research tools in a small upland catchment.
Ramsay, A. L., Milner, N. J., Hughes, R. N. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Mai 2011, Yn: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68, 5, t. 823-833Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Vulnerability of juvenile hermit crabs to reduced seawater pH and shading
Ragagnin, M., McCarthy, I., Fernandez, W., Tschiptschin, A. & Turra, A., Tach 2018, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 142, t. 130-140Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Gastropod shell size and architecture influence the applicability of methods used to estimate internal volume
Ragagnin, M., Gorman, D., McCarthy, I., Sant'Anna, B., Campi de Castro, C. & Turra, A., 11 Ion 2018, Yn: Scientific Reports. 8, 440.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid