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
- Papur › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
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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
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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
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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
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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 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Low levels of contaminants impair survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae.
Fuiman, L. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Alvarez, M. C., 1 Ion 2003.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Maternal body burdens of methyl mercury impair survival skills of offspring in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).
Alvarez, M. C., Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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 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
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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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The use of stable isotopes in charr research.
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Ion 2004.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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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
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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
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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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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
- Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
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A perspective on Salvelinus research.
Adams, C., Brännäs, E., Dempson, B., Knudsen, R., McCarthy, I. D., Power, M. & Winfield, I., 1 Awst 2010, Yn: Hydrobiologia. 650, 1, t. 1-2Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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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
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Age and growth validation of the small spotted grunt Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801) from the northwestern coast of the Arabian Sea of Oman.
Al-Nahdi, A., Al-Sayabi, B. & McCarthy, I., Awst 2018, Yn: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 4, t. 834-841Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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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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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
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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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Aroclor 1254 affects growth and survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae.
McCarthy, I. D., Fuiman, L. E. & Alvarez, M. C., 1 Ebr 2003, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 252, t. 295-301Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Assessing the reproducibility of fractional rates of protein synthesis in muscle tissue measured using the flooding dose technique
McCarthy, I. & Brown, J., Gorff 2016, Yn: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 197, t. 9-15Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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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
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Biology of the kingsoldier bream (Argyrops spinifer, Forsskal 1775; Sparidae), from the Arabian Sea, Oman.
Al Mamry, J. M., McCarthy, I. D., Richardson, C. A. & Ben Meriem, S., 1 Hyd 2009, Yn: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25, 5, t. 559-564Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Bycatch in northeast Atlantic lobster and crab pot fisheries (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel)
Moore, A., Heney, C., Lincoln, H., Colvin, C., Newell, H., Turner, B., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Medi 2023, Yn: Fisheries Research. 265, 106745.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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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
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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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Correlations between fitness and heterozygosity at allozyme and microsatellite loci in the Atlantic salmon, Salmar salar L.
Borrell, Y. J., Pineda, H., McCarthy, I. D., Vazquez, E., Sanchez, J. A. & Lizana, G. B., 1 Meh 2004, Yn: Heredity. 92, 6, t. 585-593Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Detection and quantification of differences in catch rates among research vessel gears and commercial vessels
Delargy, A., Hold, N., Heney, C., Cann, R., Bhandari, K., Colvin, C., Moore, A., Lincoln, H., Hiddink, J. G. & McCarthy, I., 1 Hyd 2022, Yn: Fisheries Research. 254, 106371, 106371.Allbwn 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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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
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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
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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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Distribution of ampullary pores on three catshark species (Apristurus spp.) suggest a vertical-ambush predatory behaviour
Moore, D. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 9 Hyd 2014, Yn: Aquatic Biology. 21, t. 261-265Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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