Dr Ian McCarthy
Reader in Marine Biology
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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
- Published
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 Jun 2004, In: Heredity. 92, 6, p. 585-593Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
An assessment of post-capture condition and survival of Rajidae caught in fixed nets
Clarke, L., Holding, P. & McCarthy, I., 1 Aug 2024, In: Fisheries Research. 276, 107041.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The effect of environmental factors on shell growth and repair in Buccinum undatum
Colvin, C., Hollyman, P., Richardson, C., Chenery, S., Waggitt, J. & McCarthy, I., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 551, 19 p., 151720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Integration of physiology,behaviour and life-history traits: personality and pace-of-life in a marine gastropod. Physiology, behaviour & life history
Cornwell, T., McCarthy, I. & Biro, P., May 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 163, p. 155-162Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The influence of environmental gradients on individual behaviour: individual plasticity is consistent across risk and temperature gradients. Consistent plasticity across gradients
Cornwell, T. O., McCarthy, I. D., Snyder, C. R. A. & Biro, P. A., 30 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 88, 4, p. 511-520Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
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 Oct 2022, In: Fisheries Research. 254, 106371, 106371.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
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 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
Low levels of contaminants impair survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae.
Fuiman, L. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Alvarez, M. C., 1 Jan 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
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 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
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 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper