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
- 2016
- Published
Individuals Maintain Similar Rates of Protein Synthesis Over Time on the Same Plane of Nutrition Under Controlled Environmental Conditions
McCarthy, I. D., Owen, S. F., Watt, P. W. & Houlihan, D. F., 28 Mar 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3, p. e0152239Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Assessing the reproducibility of fractional rates of protein synthesis in muscle tissue measured using the flooding dose technique
McCarthy, I. & Brown, J., Jul 2016, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 197, p. 9-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2018
- Published
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 Jan 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
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., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 3, p. 581-589Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Use of multi-element stable isotope ratios to investigate ontogenetic movements of Micropogonias furnieri in a tropical Brazilian estuary
Pizzochero, A. C., Michel, L. N., Chenery, S., McCarthy, I., Vianna, M., Malm, O., Lepoint, G., Das, K. & Dorneles, P. R., Jun 2018, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 75, 6, p. 977-986Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
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., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 4, p. 834-841Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Population biology of grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus L.; Triglidae) in the coastal waters of Northwest Wales
McCarthy, I., Cant, J. & Marriott, A., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 4, p. 896-905Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
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 Oct 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 15639, p. 1-13 13 p., 8:15639.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Vulnerability of juvenile hermit crabs to reduced seawater pH and shading
Ragagnin, M., McCarthy, I., Fernandez, W., Tschiptschin, A. & Turra, A., Nov 2018, In: Marine Environmental Research. 142, p. 130-140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- 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