Dr Ian McCarthy

Reader in Marine Biology

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Room: Room 108A, Nuffield Fish Lab

Phone: 01248 382862

E-mail: i.mccarthy@bangor.ac.uk

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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:

  1. growth and energetics of aquatic animals (in particular protein synthesis/turnover, trade offs in energy allocation and physiological capacity to survive environmental change)
  2. Consistency of individual physiological and behavioural performance and impacts on life history strategies and fitness
  3. use of chemical tags (isotopes and trace elements) to examine feeding ecology and movement patterns
  4. population biology and management of temperate marine fisheries
  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Nursery grounds, movement patterns and growth rates of dusky sharks, Carcharhinus obscurus: a long-term tag and release study in South African waters.

    Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D., Dudley, S. F. & Mann, B. Q., 19 Jun 2009, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 60, 6, p. 571-583

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25, 5, p. 559-564

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 2010
  5. Published

    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 Apr 2010, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 155, 4, p. 445-453

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    A perspective on Salvelinus research.

    Adams, C., Brännäs, E., Dempson, B., Knudsen, R., McCarthy, I. D., Power, M. & Winfield, I., 1 Aug 2010, In: Hydrobiologia. 650, 1, p. 1-2

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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 Aug 2010, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 26, 4, p. 504-512

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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 Dec 2010, In: Marine Biology. 157, 12, p. 2613-2624

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 2011
  10. Published

    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 May 2011, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68, 5, p. 823-833

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Post-prandial changes in protein synthesis in red drum (Sciaenops acellatus) larvae.

    McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Jun 2011, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 11, p. 1821-1828

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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 Dec 2011, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68, 12, p. 2029-2045

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. 2012
  14. Published

    Phylogenetic and ecological factors influencing the number and distribution of electroreceptors in elasmobranchs

    Kempster, R. M., McCarthy, I. D. & Collin, S. P., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 80, 5, p. 2055-2088

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review